2026 Robert J. Willis: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	45	1718	1543	1014	887	120	15537

Overview

Robert J. Willis is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine and Social Sciences, with particular focus on subfields such as Demography, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Economics and Econometrics, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their scholarly work covers a range of topics, prominently including:

Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Global Maternal and Child Health
Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

Robert J. Willis has authored papers published in several reputable academic venues. Notable journals and conferences where their work appears include:

Labour Economics
Journal of Migration and Health
Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Critical Care Medicine
SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent papers illustrate a diverse research portfolio:

"Computerization, obsolescence and the length of working life," 2021, Labour Economics
"Providing continuity of care for people living with noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study of health actors' experiences in Lebanon," 2024, Journal of Migration and Health
"Hybrid-Mobile Stroke Unit: Opening the Indication Spectrum for Stroke Mimics and Beyond," 2022, Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
"348: CONTACT FACTOR XI INHIBITION IN A SIMULATED ECMO CIRCUIT WITH HUMAN WHOLE BLOOD," 2022, Critical Care Medicine
"Computerization, Obsolescence, and the Length of Working Life," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Péter Hudomiet
Chaza Akik
Z El Dirani
Claudia Truppa
Carla Zmeter

Best Publications

Education and Self-Selection

Robert J. Willis;Sherwin Rosen

1921
Citations
A New Approach to the Economic Theory of Fertility Behavior

Robert J. Willis

1572
Citations
The Economics of Fertility in Developed Countries

V. Joseph Hotz;Jacob Alex Klerman;Robert Willis

1292
Citations
Wage determinants: A survey and reinterpretation of human capital earnings functions

Robert Willis

927
Citations
Chapter 10 Wage determinants: A survey and reinterpretation of human capital earnings functions

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894
Citations
Daughters education and family budgets. Taiwan experiences.

William L. Parish;Robert J. Willis

681
Citations
Dynamic Aspects of Earning Mobility

Lee A. Lillard;Robert J. Willis

679
Citations
Children as Collective Goods and Divorce Settlements

Yoram Weiss;Robert J. Willis

643
Citations
National estimates of the quantity and cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia

Kenneth M. Langa;Michael E. Chernew;Mohammed U. Kabeto;A. Regula Herzog

625
Citations
Match quality, new information, and marital dissolution.

Yoram Weiss;Robert J. Willis

586
Citations
Sons, Daughters, and Intergenerational Support in Taiwan

Yean-Ju Lee;William L. Parish;Robert J. Willis

492
Citations
A Beta-logistic Model for the Analysis of Sequential Labor Force Participation by Married Women

James J Heckman;Robert J Willis

484
Citations
Dynamic Aspects of Earnings Mobility

Lee A Lillard;Robert J Willis

405
Citations
Mental Retirement

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397
Citations
Dynamic Aspects of Earnings Mobility

Lee A. Lillard;Robert J. Willis;Robert J. Willis

394
Citations
Intergenerational Educational Mobility, Effects of Family and State in Malaysia

Lee Lillard;Robert Willis

348
Citations
Motives for Intergenerational Transfers. Evidence from Malaysia

L-A Lillard;R-J Willis

348
Citations
Preparation for Retirement, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Resources

Adeline Delavande;Susann Rohwedder;Robert Willis

348
Citations
Motives for intergenerational transfers: evidence from Malaysia.

Lee A. Lillard;Robert J. Willis

347
Citations
Intergenerational educational mobility : effects of family and state in Malaysia

Lee A. Lillard;Robert J. Willis

319
Citations
A Theory of Out‐of‐Wedlock Childbearing

Robert J. Willis

296
Citations
Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Southeast Asia

Elizabeth Frankenberg;Lee Lillard;Robert J. Willis

254
Citations
Chapter 7 The economics of fertility in developed countries

V. Joseph Hotz;Jacob Alex Klerman;Robert J. Willis

244
Citations
Financial Decision Making and Cognition in a Family Context

James P. Smith;John McArdle;Robert Willis

227
Citations
Financial Decision Making and Cognition in a Family Context

James P. Smith;John J. McArdle;Robert Willis

227
Citations
Estimation of a Stochastic Model of Reproduction: An Econometric Approach

James J. Heckman;Robert J. Willis

217
Citations
Education and Self-Selection

Robert J. Willis;Robert J. Willis;Sherwin Rosen

157
Citations
A Beta-Logistic Model for the Analysis of Sequential Labor Force Participation by Married Women

James J. Heckman;Robert J. Willis;Robert J. Willis

74
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee A. Lillard RAND Corporation

Michael D. Hurd RAND Corporation

Gwenith G. Fisher Colorado State University

Yoram Weiss Tel Aviv University

James P. Smith Princeton University

James J. Heckman University of Chicago

Steven G. Heeringa University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

James R. Burke Duke University

Guy G. Potter Duke University

John J. McArdle University of Southern California

External Links

Personal website of Robert J. Willis

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