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Working Papers

2025

1. What Do People Want?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

2. Social-Science Genomics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

3. Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
4. From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2024) (2024)
5. What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
   PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL View citations (1)
   Also in GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2021) View citations (9)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (10)
   Post-Print, HAL (2023) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2021

6. Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (5)

2020

7. Reconsidering Risk Aversion
   GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (2)

2018

8. Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments
   GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (8)
9. Errors in Probabilistic Reasoning and Judgment Biases
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   Also in GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2018)
10. Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over one million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (26)

2017

11. Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
12. Redefine Statistical Significance
    Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Redefine statistical significance, Nature Human Behaviour, Nature (2018) View citations (99) (2018)

2016

13. Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (34)
14. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment, Nature, Nature (2016) View citations (40) (2016)

2015

15. Controlling for the Compromise Effect Debiases Estimates of Risk Preference Parameters
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
16. The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (33)

2014

17. Replicability and Robustness of Genome-Wide-Association Studies for Behavioral Traits
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (15)

2013

18. A Model of Non-Belief in the Law of Large Numbers
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article A MODEL OF NONBELIEF IN THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2016) View citations (24) (2016)
19. Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
20. Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (97) (2014)
21. GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (51)
22. Molecular Genetics and Subjective Well-Being
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations (6)
23. Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: Theoretical and empirical considerations, American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association (2013) View citations (10) (2013)

2012

24. Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (173) (2014)
25. Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (16)
26. The Genetic Architecture of Economic and Political Preferences
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (33)
27. The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2012) View citations (38) (2012)

2010

28. Do People Seek to Maximize Happiness? Evidence from New Surveys
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
29. Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Religious Identity and Economic Behavior, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (141) (2016)

2008

30. Social Identity and Preferences
    Yale School of Management Working Papers, Yale School of Management
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Social Identity and Preferences, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (298) (2010)

2006

31. Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2009) View citations (25) (2009)
32. Who is “Behavioral”? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (201)
    See also Journal Article WHO IS ‘BEHAVIORAL’? COGNITIVE ABILITY AND ANOMALOUS PREFERENCES, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) View citations (291) (2013)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2025, 9, (4), 794-805

2024

2. From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions
   Annual Review of Economics, 2024, 16, (1), 359-391
   See also Working Paper From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (7) (2023)

2023

3. What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21, (6), 2377-2412 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper What do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2021

4. Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2021, 5, (12), 1744-1758 View citations (19)

2020

5. A consensus-based transparency checklist
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, 4, (1), 4-6 View citations (4)
   Also in Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, 4, (1), 120-120 (2020) View citations (4)
6. Measuring and controlling for the compromise effect when estimating risk preference parameters
   Experimental Economics, 2020, 23, (4), 1069-1099 View citations (12)
7. Predicting mid-life capital formation with pre-school delay of gratification and life-course measures of self-regulation
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 179, (C), 743-756 View citations (5)

2019

8. A Well-Being Snapshot in a Changing World
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 344-49 View citations (2)
9. Three Recommendations for Improving the Use of p-Values
   The American Statistician, 2019, 73, (S1), 186-191 View citations (14)

2018

10. Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome
    Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, 2, (12), 948-954 View citations (6)
11. Redefine statistical significance
    Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, 2, (1), 6-10 View citations (99)
    See also Working Paper Redefine Statistical Significance, Artefactual Field Experiments (2017) View citations (13) (2017)

2017

12. Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 81-85 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (14) (2017)
13. The relationship between the normalized gradient addition mechanism and quadratic voting
    Public Choice, 2017, 172, (1), 233-263

2016

14. A MODEL OF NONBELIEF IN THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14, (2), 515-544 View citations (24)
    Also in Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14, (2), 515-544 (2016) View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper A Model of Non-Belief in the Law of Large Numbers, Economics Series Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
15. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
    Nature, 2016, 533, (7604), 539-542 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment, Post-Print (2016) View citations (51) (2016)
16. Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (4), 617-637 View citations (141)
    See also Working Paper Religious Identity and Economic Behavior, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (45) (2010)

2015

17. A Theory of Fairness in Labour Markets
    The Japanese Economic Review, 2015, 66, (2), 182-225 View citations (11)
18. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations
    Nature, 2015, 523, (7561), 459-462 View citations (2)
19. Distributional Preferences, Reciprocity-Like Behavior, and Efficiency in Bilateral Exchange
    American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2015, 7, (1), 70-98 View citations (4)

2014

20. Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (9), 2698-2735 View citations (173)
    See also Working Paper Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (10) (2012)
21. Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (11), 3498-3528 View citations (97)
    See also Working Paper Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (23) (2013)

2013

22. Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 605-10 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
23. The Molecular Genetic Architecture of Self-Employment
    PLOS ONE, 2013, 8, (4), 1-15 View citations (11)
24. WHO IS ‘BEHAVIORAL’? COGNITIVE ABILITY AND ANOMALOUS PREFERENCES
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (6), 1231-1255 View citations (291)
    See also Working Paper Who is “Behavioral”? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences, Levine's Working Paper Archive (2006) View citations (201) (2006)
25. Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: Theoretical and empirical considerations
    American Journal of Public Health, 2013, 103, (SUPPL.1), S152-S166 View citations (10)
    Also in American Journal of Public Health, 2014, 104, (1), e5 (2014)
    See also Working Paper Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations, Scholarly Articles (2013) View citations (10) (2013)

2012

26. The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
    Annual Review of Economics, 2012, 4, (1), 627-662 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (37) (2012)
27. What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (5), 2083-2110 View citations (280)

2010

28. Social Identity and Preferences
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (4), 1913-28 View citations (298)
    See also Working Paper Social Identity and Preferences, Yale School of Management Working Papers (2008) (2008)

2009

29. Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91, (3), 523-536 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)

2003

30. Does 401(k) eligibility increase saving?: Evidence from propensity score subclassification
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (5-6), 1259-1290 View citations (85)
31. Good policies for bad governments: behavioral political economy
    Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2003, 48, (Jun) View citations (9)