Gerry Oster

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First Name:	Gerry
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Last Name:	Oster
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RePEc Short-ID:	pos85
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Terminal Degree:	1975 Economics Department; Stony Brook University - SUNY (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Policy Analysis Inc.

http://www.pai2.com
US, Brookline, Massachusetts
4 Davis Court
617 232-4400

Citations

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Articles

1. Oster, G. & Thompson, D. & Edelsberg, J. & Bird, A.P. & Colditz, G.A., 1999. "Lifetime health and economic benefits of weight loss among obese persons," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 89(10), pages 1536-1542.

   Cited by:

   1. Ouayogodé, Mariétou H., 2016. "Effectiveness of weight loss intervention in highly-motivated people," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 263-282.
   2. John Cawley & Chad Meyerhoefer, 2010. "The Medical Care Costs of Obesity: An Instrumental Variables Approach," NBER Working Papers 16467, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Cawley, John & Meyerhoefer, Chad, 2012. "The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 219-230.
   3. Knai, Cecile & Suhrcke, Marc & Lobstein, Tim, 2007. "Obesity in Eastern Europe: An overview of its health and economic implications," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 392-408, December.
   4. Tatiana Dilla & Amparo Valladares & Claudia Nicolay & Javier Salvador & Jesús Reviriego & María Costi, 2012. "Healthcare Costs Associated with Change in Body Mass Index in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Spain," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 10(6), pages 417-430, November.

2. Oster, G. & Epstein, A.M., 1986. "Primary prevention and coronary heart disease: The economic benefits of lowering serum cholesterol," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 76(6), pages 647-656.

   Cited by:

   1. Robert F. Nease & Douglas K. Owens, 1994. "A Method for Estimating the Cost- Effectiveness of Incorporating Patient Preferences into Practice Guidelines," Medical Decision Making, , vol. 14(4), pages 382-392, October.
   2. Michele Kohli & Cheryl Attard & Annette Lam & Daniel Huse & John Cook & Chantal Bourgault & Evo Alemao & Donald Yin & Michael Marentette, 2006. "Cost Effectiveness of Adding Ezetimibe to Atorvastatin Therapy in Patients Not at Cholesterol Treatment Goal in Canada," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 24(8), pages 815-830, August.
   3. Mike Drummond & Alastair McGuire & Astrid Fletcher, 1993. "Economic evaluation of drug therapy for hypercholesterolaemia in the United Kingdom," Working Papers 104chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
   4. Leiyu Shi, 1993. "Health Promotion, Medical Care Use, and Costs in a Sample of Worksite Employees," Evaluation Review, , vol. 17(5), pages 475-487, October.

3. Oster, Gerry, 1980. "Labour Relations and Demand Relations: A Case Study of the 'Unemployment Effect.'," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 4(4), pages 337-348, December.

   Cited by:

   1. Nickell, Stephen & Nicolitsas, D., 1994. "Wages," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 51644, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
      • Stephen Nickell & D Nicolitsas, 1994. "Wages," CEP Discussion Papers dp0219, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
   2. Francis Green & Steven McIntosh, 1998. "Union Power, Cost of Job Loss, and Workers' Effort," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 51(3), pages 363-383, April.
   3. Nickell, Stephen & Nicolitsas, Daphne, 1997. "Wages, restrictive practices and productivity," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 201-221, September.
   4. Kåre Johansen & Bjarne Strøm, 2001. "Efficiency Wages, Interfirm Comparison, and Unemployment," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 68(2), pages 387-402, October.
   5. Alotaibi Mohamed Meteb, 2017. "Unemployment and Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia 2000-2015," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 9(9), pages 83-93, September.
   6. Nickell, Stephen & Nicolitsas, D., 1994. "Wages, effort and productivity," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 20794, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

4. Oster, Gerry, 1979. "A Factor Analytic Test of the Theory of the Dual Economy," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 61(1), pages 33-39, February.

   Cited by:

   1. Robert Drago, 1995. "Divide and Conquer in Australia: A Study of Labor Segmentation," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 27(1), pages 25-70, March.
   2. S P Pinch, 1987. "Labour-Market Theory, Quantification, and Policy," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 19(11), pages 1477-1494, November.
   3. Cunningham, Wendy V & Maloney, William F, 2001. "Heterogeneity among Mexico's Microenterprises: An Application of Factor and Cluster Analysis," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 50(1), pages 131-156, October.
      • Cunningham, Wendy V. & Maloney, William F., 1998. "Heterogeneity among Mexico's micro-enterprises - an application of factor and cluster analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1999, The World Bank.
   4. William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang, 1984. "A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory," NBER Working Papers 1314, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
      • Dickens, William T & Lang, Kevin, 1985. "A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(4), pages 792-805, September.
   5. William T. Dickens & Lawrence F. Katz, 1986. "Interindustry Wage Differences and Industry Characteristics," NBER Working Papers 2014, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   6. Grimes, Paul W., 1986. "The Occupational Mobility of Female Workers: An Empirical Analysis," MPRA Paper 64020, University Library of Munich, Germany.
   7. Roberto Pedace, 2006. "Immigration, Labor Market Mobility, and the Earnings of Native‐Born Workers," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 65(2), pages 313-345, April.
   8. Maury B. Gittleman & David R. Howell, 1992. "Job Quality, Labor Market Segmentation, and Earning Inequality: Effects of Economic Restructuring in the 1980s by Race and Gender," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_82, Levy Economics Institute.
   9. S P Pinch & A Storey, 1992. "Labour-Market Dualism: Evidence from a Survey of Households in the Southampton City-Region," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 24(4), pages 571-589, April.
   10. William T. Dickens & Kevin Lang, 1992. "Labor Market Segmentation Theory: Reconsidering the Evidence," NBER Working Papers 4087, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   11. Kevin Lang & William T. Dickens, 1987. "Neoclassical and Sociological Perspectives on Segmented Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 2127, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
   12. Rudy Fichtenbaum, 2006. "Labour market segmentation and union wage gaps," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(3), pages 387-420.
   13. Bennett Harrison & Andrew Sum, 1979. "The Theory of “Dual” or Segmented Labor Markets," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(3), pages 687-706, September.

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