Peter F. Orazem

University Professor
Contact Information
Iowa State University267 Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-8656
pfo@iastate.edu
Personal Website
Education
- PhD, Yale University, 1983
- M.Phil., Yale University, 1980
- BA, University of Kansas, 1977
Research Interests
Labor economics, human capital investment, entrepreneurship, developing and transition economies, rural labor markets, policy evaluation, applied econometrics.
Curriculum Vitae:
CVSelected Publications
- King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, Claudio E.; Orazem, Peter, Economic Freedom, Human Rights, and the Returns to Human Capital: An Evaluation of the Schultz Hypothesis, Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 61 no. 1 (October 2012): 39-72.
- Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Jolly, Robert W., Why Do Rural Firms Live Longer?, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 93 no. 3 (April 2011): 673-692. (WP #09013, July 2009 Revised on December 2009)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A., Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 20 no. 1 (January 2006): 31-54. (WP #03023, August 2003)
- King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, Central Mandates and Local Incentives: The Colombia Education Voucher Program, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 13 (September 1999): 467-492.
Awards and Honors
- Challenge Paper author, Copenhagen Consensus, 2008 and 2012; Core Team: World Bank’s World Development Report 2007
- Koch Visiting Professor of Business Economics, University of Kansas School of Business, 2004-5
- Phi Beta Kappa
Other Affiliations
- Ames City Council, 2010-Present
- Secretary, Iowa State Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
- Research Fellow, IZA:Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, Germany
ISU Economics Working Papers Series
- Cho, In Soo; Orazem, Peter, Are Nonprofit Entrepreneurs Also “Jacks-Of-All-Trades”?, WP #13001, January 2013
- Oluyemisi Kuku; Orazem, Peter; Sawkut Rojid; Vodopivec, Milan, Do Training Funds Raise the Pace of Training? The Case of Mauritius, WP #12027, December 2012
- Kim, Younjun; Orazem, Peter, Broadband Internet and Firm Entry: Evidence from Rural Iowa, WP #12026, December 2012
- Kimle, Kevin; Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Jolly, Robert W., Social Entrepreneurship: An Overview Of a Public University Alumni Survey, WP #11024, December 2011
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Kimle, Kevin; Orazem, Peter, Does the Jack of All Trades Hold the Winning Hand?: Comparing the Role of Specialized Versus General Skills in the Returns to an Agricultural Degree, Forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics (WP #11021, November 2011)
- Quackenbush, Austin; Premkumar, Deepak; Artz, Georgeanne M.; Orazem, Peter, If You Build It, Will They Come?: Fiscal Federalism, Local Provision of Public Tourist Amenities, and the Vision Iowa Fund, WP #11018, October 2011
- Cho, In Soo; Orazem, Peter, Risk Aversion or Risk Management?: How Measures of Risk Aversion Affect Firm Entry and Firm Survival, WP #11016, August 2011
- Rosas, Juan (Francisco); Orazem, Peter, Is Self-Sufficiency for Womens Collegiate Athletics a Hoop Dream?: Willingness to Pay for Mens and Womens Basketball Tickets, Forthcoming in Journal of Sports Economics (WP #11010, May 2011)
- McPhail, Joseph E.; Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh, The Poverty of States: Do State Tax Policies Affect State Labor Productivity?, WP #10010, May 2010
- Jolly, Robert W.; Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Kimle, Kevin, Entrepreneurship and Higher Education: An Overview of the Iowa State University Alumni Survey, WP #10003, February 2010
- Yu, Li; Jolly, Robert W.; Orazem, Peter, Firm Entry, Firm Exit, And Urban-Biased Growth, WP #09018, August 2009
- Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Jolly, Robert W., Stopping Start-Ups: How The Business Cycle Affects Entrepreneurship, WP #09014, July 2009
- Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Jolly, Robert W., Why Do Rural Firms Live Longer?, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 93 no. 3 (April 2011): 673-692. (WP #09013, July 2009 Revised on December 2009)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A.; Verdisco, Aimee, Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes?: Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation, Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 58 no. 1 (October 2009): 25-52. (WP #09012, June 2009)
- Jolly, Robert W.; Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter, After They Graduate: An Overview of the Iowa State University Alumni Survey, WP #09002, February 2009
- Yu, Li; Jolly, Robert W.; Orazem, Peter, Firm Entry and Exit in Iowa, 1992 - 2004, WP #08031, December 2008
- Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter, O-Ring Production on U.S. Hog Farms: Joint Choices of Farm Size, Technology, and Compensation, WP #08029, January 2011
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A test for complementarities among multiple technologies that avoids the curse of dimensionality, Economics Letters Vol. 116 no. 3 (September 2012): 354-357. (WP #08026, August 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter; Paterno, Elizabeth M., Promotion with and Without Learning: Effects on Student Enrollment and Dropout Behavior, WP #08025, July 2008
- Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter, High School Employment, School Performance, and College Entry, Economics of Education Review Vol. 29 no. 1 (February 2010): 29-39. (WP #08023, June 2008)
- Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter, If Johnny Can't Work, Can Johnny Read Better?: Child Labor Laws, Labor Supply and Schooling Outcomes, WP #08022, June 2008
- Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter, Lifetime Health Consequences of Child Labor in Brazil, Research in Labor Economics Vol. 31 (2010): 99-133. (WP #08018, May 2008)
- Abidoye, Babatunde; Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Firing Cost and Firm Size: A Study of Sri Lanka's Severance Pay System, WP #08014, April 2008
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change And Wages In The Pork Sector, 1990 -2005, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 37 no. 2 (August 2012): 263-279. (WP #08013, April 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Dust, Andrew; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, Rural Immigrant Population Growth, 1950-2000: Waves or Ripples?, WP #08012, April 2008
- Orazem, Peter; Glewwe, Paul; Patrinos, Harry, The Benefits and Costs of Alternative Strategies to Improve Educational Outcomes, Global Crises, Global Solutions, Cambridge, UK, No. 2nd (2009) (WP #07028, November 2007 Revised on August 2008)
- Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, The Role of Mathematical and Verbal Skills on the Returns to Graduate and Professional Education, Economics of Education Review Vol. 27 no. 6 (December 2008): 664-675. (WP #07022, September 2007)
- Orazem, Peter; King, Elizabeth M., Schooling in Developing Countries: The Roles of Supply, Demand and Government Policy, Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, (2008) (WP #07019, January 2008)
- Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh; Kuku, Yemisi, Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition: Theory Appendix, WP #06033, September 2006
- Imerman, Mark D.; Orazem, Peter; Sikdar, Shiva; Russell, Gina, Wages, Benefits, Hours, Commuting Time, and License Renewal for Iowa Registered Nurses, WP #06030, September 2006
- Orazem, Peter, Lack of Education, Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits, Cambridge, (2007) (WP #06029, January 2007)
- Xiao, Mo; Orazem, Peter, Do Entry Conditions Vary over Time? Entry and Competition in the Broadband Market: 1999-2003, WP #06004, February 2006
- Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh, Broadband Access, Telecommuting and the Urban-Rural Digital Divide, WP #06002, February 2006
- Doorenbos, Todd; Imerman, Mark D.; Orazem, Peter, Expected Wages and Other Labor Market Factors Affecting the Labor Force Decisions of Nurses in the State of Iowa, WP #05029, November 2005
- Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter, Returns to Graduate and Professional Education: The Roles of Mathematical and Verbal Skills by Major, WP #05028, October 2005
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Orazem, Peter, Reexamining Rural Decline: How Changing Rural Classifications Affect Perceived Growth, Review of Regional Studies Vol. 36 (Fall 2006): 163-191. (WP #05001, January 2005)
- Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh, Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition, Economics of Transition Vol. 15 (March 2007): 33-56. (WP #04021, October 2004)
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan; Wu, Ruth, Worker Displacement During The Transition: Experience From Slovenia, Economics of Transition Vol. 13 (April 2005): 311-340. (WP #04018, August 2004)
- Gallet, Craig A.; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter, Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists, Southern Economic Journal Vol. 72 (October 2005): 284-304. (WP #04017, August 2004)
- Huffman, Wallace E.; Orazem, Peter, The Role of Agriculture and Human Capital in Economic Growth: Farmers, Schooling, and Health, Handbook of Agricultural Economics (Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets), New York, NY, Vol. 3 (2007) (WP #04016, January 2007)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A.; Verdisco, Aimee, Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes?: Theory and Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Community Participation, WP #04005, March 2004 Revised on December 2006
- Orazem, Peter; Gunnarsson, Victoria, Child Labour, School Attendance and Performance: A Review, WP #04001, January 2004
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency?: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001, Southern Economic Journal Vol. 76 no. 2 (October 2009): 553-576. (WP #03025, September 2003)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A., Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 20 no. 1 (January 2006): 31-54. (WP #03023, August 2003)
- Kwon, Chul-Woo; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, Off-Farm Labor Supply Responses to Permanent and Transitory Farm Income, Agricultural Economics Vol. 34 no. 1 (January 2006): 59-68. (WP #03020, July 2003)
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, Measuring the Impact of Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in the Nonmetropolitan Midwest: A Difference-In-Differences Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 89 no. 3 (August 2007): 557-570. (WP #03003, November 2005)
- Meyer, Rebecca; Orazem, Peter; Wachenheim, William A., Labor Market Implications of Rising Costs of Employer-Provided Health Insurance, WP #02004, April 2002
Journal Articles
- Rosas, Juan (Francisco); Orazem, Peter, Is Self-Sufficiency for Womens Collegiate Athletics a Hoop Dream?: Willingness to Pay for Mens and Womens Basketball Tickets, Forthcoming in Journal of Sports Economics (WP #11010, May 2011)
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Kimle, Kevin; Orazem, Peter, Does the Jack of All Trades Hold the Winning Hand?: Comparing the Role of Specialized Versus General Skills in the Returns to an Agricultural Degree, Forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics (WP #11021, November 2011)
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change and Wages in the Pork Sector, 1990-2005, Forthcoming in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A Test for Complementarities Among Multiple Technologies that Avoids the Curse of Dimensionality, Forthcoming in Economics Letters
- King, Elizabeth M.; Montenegro, Claudio E.; Orazem, Peter, Economic Freedom, Human Rights, and the Returns to Human Capital: An Evaluation of the Schultz Hypothesis, Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 61 no. 1 (October 2012): 39-72.
- Banerjee, Ritwik; King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter; Paterno, Elizabeth M., Student and Teacher Attendance: The Role of Shared Goods in Reducing Absenteeism, Economics of Education Review Vol. 31 no. 5 (October 2012): 563-574.
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, A test for complementarities among multiple technologies that avoids the curse of dimensionality, Economics Letters Vol. 116 no. 3 (September 2012): 354-357. (WP #08026, August 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Yu, Li; Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, Firm Size, Technical Change And Wages In The Pork Sector, 1990 -2005, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 37 no. 2 (August 2012): 263-279. (WP #08013, April 2008 Revised on January 2011)
- Xiao, Mo; Orazem, Peter, Does the Fourth Entrant Make Any Difference? Entry and Competition in the Early U.S. Broadband Market, International Journal of Industrial Organization Vol. 29 no. 5 (September 2011): 547-561.
- Yu, Li; Orazem, Peter; Jolly, Robert W., Why Do Rural Firms Live Longer?, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 93 no. 3 (April 2011): 673-692. (WP #09013, July 2009 Revised on December 2009)
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Jackson, Rebecca; Orazem, Peter, Is It a Jungle Out There?: Meat Packing, Immigrants and Rural Communities, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 35 no. 2 (August 2010): 299-315.
- Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter, High School Employment, School Performance, and College Entry, Economics of Education Review Vol. 29 no. 1 (February 2010): 29-39. (WP #08023, June 2008)
- Lee, Chanyoung; Orazem, Peter, Lifetime Health Consequences of Child Labor in Brazil, Research in Labor Economics Vol. 31 (2010): 99-133. (WP #08018, May 2008)
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency?: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001, Southern Economic Journal Vol. 76 no. 2 (October 2009): 553-576. (WP #03025, September 2003)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A.; Verdisco, Aimee, Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes?: Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation, Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 58 no. 1 (October 2009): 25-52. (WP #09012, June 2009)
- Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, The Role of Mathematical and Verbal Skills on the Returns to Graduate and Professional Education, Economics of Education Review Vol. 27 no. 6 (December 2008): 664-675. (WP #07022, September 2007)
- Russell, Gina; Sikdar, Shiva; Imerman, Mark D.; Orazem, Peter, Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Nursing License Renewal Decisions in Iowa, Nursing Economic$ Vol. 26 no. 6 (November/December 2008): 361-373.
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, Measuring the Impact of Meat Packing and Processing Facilities in the Nonmetropolitan Midwest: A Difference-In-Differences Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 89 no. 3 (August 2007): 557-570. (WP #03003, November 2005)
- Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter; Singh, Rajesh, Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition, Economics of Transition Vol. 15 (March 2007): 33-56. (WP #04021, October 2004)
- Artz, Georgeanne M.; Orazem, Peter, Reexamining Rural Decline: How Changing Rural Classifications Affect Perceived Growth, Review of Regional Studies Vol. 36 (Fall 2006): 163-191. (WP #05001, January 2005)
- Kwon, Chul-Woo; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, Off-Farm Labor Supply Responses to Permanent and Transitory Farm Income, Agricultural Economics Vol. 34 no. 1 (January 2006): 59-68. (WP #03020, July 2003)
- Gunnarsson, Victoria; Orazem, Peter; Sanchez, Mario A., Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 20 no. 1 (January 2006): 31-54. (WP #03023, August 2003)
- Gallet, Craig A.; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter, Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists, Southern Economic Journal Vol. 72 (October 2005): 284-304. (WP #04017, August 2004)
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan; Wu, Ruth, Worker Displacement During The Transition: Experience From Slovenia, Economics of Transition Vol. 13 (April 2005): 311-340. (WP #04018, August 2004)
- Orazem, Peter; Bouillon, Marvin; Doran, B. Michael, Long-Term Attachments and Long-Run Firm Rates of Return, Southern Economic Journal Vol. 71 no. 2 (October 2004): 314-333.
- Orazem, Peter, Slow Growth and the Kansas Productivity Puzzle, Kansas Policy Review Vol. 26 no. 2 (Fall 2004): 1-9.
- Lin, Chun-Hung A.; Orazem, Peter, A Reexamination of the Time Path of Wage Differentials in Taiwan, Review of Development Economics Vol. 8 (May 2004): 295-308.
- Lin, Chun-Hung A.; Orazem, Peter, Wage Inequality and Returns to Skill in Taiwan, 1978-1996, Journal of Development Studies Vol. 39 (June 2003): 89-108.
- Kang, Gi Choon; Orazem, Peter, The Relative Importance of Aggregate and Disaggregate Shocks in Korean Business Cycles, Journal of Asian Economics Vol. 14 no. 3 (June 2003): 419-434.
- Alderman, Harold; Kim, Jooseop; Orazem, Peter, Design, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Private Schools for the Poor: The Pakistan Urban and Rural Fellowship School Experiments, Economics of Education Review Vol. 22 (June 2003): 265-274.
- Orazem, Peter; Werbel, J.; McElroy, J., Market Expectations, Job Search and Gender Differences in Starting Pay, Journal of Labor Research Vol. 24 (Spring 2003): 307-321.
- Chen, S.; Shogren, Jason F.; Orazem, Peter, Prices and Health: Identifying the Effects of Nutrition, Exercise, and Medication Choices on Blood Pressure, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 84 (November 2002): 990-1002.
- Huang, T.; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, Rural Population Growth, 1950-1990: The Roles of Human Capital, Industry Structure and Government Policy, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 84 (August 2002): 615-627.
- Orazem, Peter; Mattila, J. Peter, Minimum Wage Effects on Hours, Employment and Number of Firms: The Iowa Case, Journal of Labor Research Vol. 23 no. 1 (Winter 2002): 3-23.
- Khan, Romana; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, Deriving Empirical Definitions of Spatial Labor Markets: The Roles of Competing Vs. Complementary Growth, Journal of Regional Science Vol. 41 no. 4 (November 2001): 735-756.
- So, Kim Sui; Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel, The Effects of Housing Prices, Wages, and Commuting Time on Urban-Rural Residential Choice, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 83 (November 2001): 1036-1048.
- Alderman, Harold; Orazem, Peter; Paterno, Elizabeth M., School Quality, School Cost, and the Public/Private School Choices of Low-Income Households in Pakistan, Journal of Human Resources Vol. 36 no. 2 (Spring 2001): 304-326.
- Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, An Analysis of Occupational Health in Pork Production, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 82 no. 2 (May 2000): 323-333.
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Male-Female Differences in Labor Market Outcomes During the Early Transition to Market: The Cases of Estonia and Slovenia, Journal of Population Economics No. 13 (May 2000): 283-303.
- King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter; Wohlgemuth, Darin, Central Mandates and Local Incentives: The Colombia Education Voucher Program, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 13 (September 1999): 467-492.
- Kim, Jooseop; Alderman, Harold; Orazem, Peter, Can Private School Subsidies Increase Schooling for the Poor? The Quetta Urban Fellowship Program, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 13 (September 1999): 443-466.
- King, Elizabeth M.; Orazem, Peter, Evaluating Education Reforms: Four Cases in Developing Countries, World Bank Economic Review Vol. 13 (September 1999): 409-414.
- Orazem, Peter; Mattila, J. Peter; Greig, Jeffrey J., Measurement Error in Job Evaluation and the Gender Wage Gap, Economic Inquiry Vol. 37 (April 1999): 181-194.
- Hurley, Terrance M.; Kliebenstein, James; Orazem, Peter, The Structure of Wages and Benefits in the U.S. Pork Industry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 81 no. 1 (February 1999): 144-163.
- Noorkoiv, Rivo; Orazem, Peter; Puur, Allan; Vodopivec, Milan, Employment and Wage Dynamics in the Estonia Transition, 1989-1995, Economics of Transition Vol. 6 (November 1998): 481-503.
- Orazem, Peter, Empirical Isoquants and Observable Optima: Cobb and Douglas at Seventy, Review of Agricultural Economics Vol. 20 (Fall 1998): 489-501.
- Huang, Tzu-Ling; Hallam, Arne; Orazem, Peter; Paterno, Elizabeth M., Empirical Tests of Efficiency Wage Models, Economica Vol. 65 (February 1998): 125-143.
- Orazem, Peter; Mattila, J. Peter, Male-Female Supply to State Government Jobs and Comparable Worth, Journal of Labor Economics (January 1998): 95-121.
- Orazem, Peter; Tesfatsion, Leigh S., Macrodynamic Implications of Income Transfer Policies for Human Capital Investment and School Effort, Journal of Economic Growth Vol. 2 (November 1997): 305-329.
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Value of Human Capital in Transition Market: Evidence from Slovenia September 1996, European Economic Review Vol. 41 (April 1997): 893-904.
- Orazem, Peter; Vodopivec, Milan, Winners and Losers in Transition: Returns to Education, Experience, and Gender in Slovenia, World Bank Economic Review (May 1995): 201-230.
- Bouillon, Marvin; Doran, Benjamin; Orazem, Peter, Human Capital Investment Effects on Firm Returns, Journal of Applied Business Research Vol. 12 no. 1 (Winter 1995): 30-41.
- Miranowski, John; Orazem, Peter, A Dynamic Model of Acreage Allocation with General and Crop-Specific Capital, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 76 no. 3 (August 1994): 385-395.
- Orazem, Peter; Baur, Robert F., The Rationality and Price Effects of Usda Forecasts of Oranges, Journal of Finance (June 1994): 681-695.
- Ward, Patricia A.; Orazem, Peter; Schmidt, Steffen, Women in Elite Pools and Elite Positions, Social Science Quarterly (March 1992): 31-45.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Orazem, Peter; Weikum, Sherry K., Comparable Worth and Factor Point Pay Analysis in State Government, Industrial Relations (Winter 1992): 195-215.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Orazem, Peter, Human Capital, Uncertain Wage Distributions, and Educational and Occupational Choices, International Economic Review (February 1991): 103-122.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Orazem, Peter, The Implementation Process of Comparable Worth: Winners and Losers, Journal of Political Economy Vol. 98 no. 1 (February 1990): 134-152.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Orazem, Peter; Yu, Ruoh Chiann, An Index Number Approach to the Measurement of Wage Differentials by Sex, Journal of Human Resources (Winter 1990): 125-136.
- Orazem, Peter; Otto, Daniel; Edelman, Mark, An Analysis of Farmers' Agricultural Policy Preferences, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 71 no. 4 (November 1989): 837-846.
- Falk, Barry L.; Orazem, Peter, The Role of Systematic Fed Errors in Explaining the Money Supply Announcements Puzzle, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Vol. 21 no. 3 (August 1989): 401-406.
- Falk, Barry L.; Orazem, Peter, Measuring Market Responses to Error-Ridden Government Announcements, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business Vol. 29 no. 2 (Summer 1989): 41-55.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Greig, Jeffrey J.; Orazem, Peter, Measurement Error in Comparable Worth Pay Analysis: Causes, Consequences, and Corrections, Journal of Social Issues (Winter 1989): 135-151.
- Orazem, Peter, Black-White Differences in Schooling Investment and Human Capital Production in Segregated Schools, American Economic Review (September 1987): 714-723.
- Miranowski, John; Orazem, Peter, An Indirect Test for the Specification of Expectation Regimes, Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 68 no. 4 (November 1986): 603-609.
- Mattila, J. Peter; Orazem, Peter, Occupational Entry and Uncertainty: Males Leaving High School, Review of Economics and Statistics (June 1986): 265-273.
- Huffman, Wallace; Orazem, Peter, An Econometric Model of the Market for New Ph.D.S in Agricultural Economics in the United States, American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 67 no. 5 (December 1985): 1207-1214.
- Falk, Barry L.; Orazem, Peter, The Money Supply Announcements Puzzle: A Comment, American Economic Review Vol. 75 no. 3 (June 1985): 562-564.


