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Working Papers

2018

Expectation formation in an evolving game of uncertainty: new experimental evidence
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2018)
Life satisfaction, QALYs, and the monetary value of health
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (14)
See also Journal Article in Social Science & Medicine (2018)

2017

Is Transparency an Anti-Corruption Myth?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy (2021)
Modelling Heterogeneity in the Resilience to Major Socioeconomic Life Events
PSE Working Papers, HAL View citations (7)
Also in Working Papers, HAL (2017) View citations (7)
Takeoffs, Landing, and Economic Growth
ADBI Working Papers, Asian Development Bank Institute View citations (1)
Who Got the Brexit Blues? Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2016

Can we select the right peers in Indian Education? Evidence from Kolkata
Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
Improving the Peer Review Process: A Proposed Market System
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
See also Journal Article in Scientometrics (2019)

2015

Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
Give and You Shall Receive: The Emergence of Welfare-Reducing Reciprocity
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
Who Is Coming to the Artefactual Field Experiment? Participation Bias among Chinese Rural Migrants
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (11)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)

2014

When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (1)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (1)

2013

Conspicuous Consumption, Conspicuous Health, and Optimal Taxation
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)
Expectation Formation in an Evolving Game of Uncertainty: Theory and New Experimental Evidence
CREMA Working Paper Series, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA)
Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US
Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York View citations (12)
See also Journal Article in Social Science & Medicine (2013)
Still Not Allowed on the Bus: It Matters If You're Black or White!
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)

2012

Child Education and the Family Income Gradient in China
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (3)
The Optimality of Tax Transfers: What does Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us?
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Happiness Studies (2012)
The triumph of hope over regret: A note on the utility value of good health expectations
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (14)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Psychology (2012)

2011

Altruism in Society: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Commuters
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
Destined for (Un)Happiness: Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
Migrant Entrepreneurs and Credit Constraints under Labour Market Discrimination
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (20)

2010

Are Early Educational Choices Affected by Unemployment Benefits? New Theory
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Economic Choices and Status: Measuring Preferences for Income Rank
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2013)
Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Demography (2013)
Mental Health and Labour Market Participation: Evidence from IV Panel Data Models
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (29)
The Cult of Theoi: Economic Uncertainty and Religion
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2012)

2009

Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Happiness in transition countries [2 articles]
CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb), CEPREMAP View citations (3)
Is the Internet Bad News? The Online News Era and the Market for High-Quality News
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Review of Network Economics (2010)
Persistencies in the Labour Market
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
Also in Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000)

2008

Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?
NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2012)
Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Also in NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research (2008) View citations (1)
Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (28)
Relative income, happiness, and utility: An explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles
Post-Print, HAL View citations (1691)
Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2008) View citations (1608)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (135)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2008)
Robustness in Health Research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research View citations (13)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
The mystery of the U-shaped relationship between happiness and age
NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research View citations (29)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2012)

2007

Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life: Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937–2005
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2010)

2006

All-pay Auctions with Budget Constraints and Fair Insurance
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics
Also in Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (2006) View citations (2)
From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's "Great Leap Forward"?
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2006)
Income and Happiness: Evidence, Explanations and Economic Implications. Working paper #5
NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research View citations (66)
Income and happiness: Evidence, explanations and economic implications
Working Papers, HAL View citations (71)
Also in PSE Working Papers, HAL (2006) View citations (81)
Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (2011)
Testing for Employee Discrimination in Britain using Matched Employer-Employee Data
University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics, University of Cyprus Department of Economics View citations (2)

2005

Do You Need a Job to Find a Job?
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2004)
Materialism on the March: From Conspicuous Leisure to Conspicuous Consumption?
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics) (2008)
Social Capital, Creative Destruction and Economic Development
Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (28)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2005) View citations (4)

2004

Estimating the causal effect of income on health: Evidence from post-reunification Germany
Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (3)
Immigrant Job Search in the UK: Evidence from Panel Data
Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (1)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (18)
Investigating the Quitting Decision of Nurses: Panel Data Evidence from the British National Health Service
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2007)
Job Search Success: Comparing Job Offer Rates In and Out of Employment
Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
Job Search with Nonparticipation
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (22)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2006)
Reducing Start-Up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labour Market
CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Also in Economics Series, Institute for Advanced Studies (2003) View citations (2)
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (7)
Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (2003) View citations (4)
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics (2003)
See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2006)
Social Capital, Creative Destruction and Economic Growth
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics
TESTING FOR EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION USING MATCHED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE DATA: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations (4)
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2003) View citations (9)
To Teach or Not to Teach? Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
Also in Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne (2004) View citations (14)
Why the US and not Brazil? Old Elites and the Development of a Modern Economy
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics

2003

An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ
CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics View citations (30)
See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2007)
CHOOSING TO BECOME A ‘LOST CAUSE’:THE PERVERSE EFFECTS OF BENEFIT PRECONDITIONS
Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2008)
Contacts, Social Capital and Market Institutions - A Theory of Development
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics
Estimating The Causal Effect of Income on Health: Evidence from Post Reunification East Germany
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (13)
How Well Do Individuals Predict Their Future Life Satisfaction? Rationality and Learning Following a Nationwide Exogenous Shock
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (2)
Socialism, Capitalism, and Transition-Coordination of Economic Relations and Output Performance
Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics
The Value of Reunification in Germany: An Analysis of Changes in Life Satisfaction
Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society
Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2002) View citations (9)
Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne (2001) View citations (6)

2002

How important is Methodology for the Estimates of the Determinants of Happiness?
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (10)
See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2004)
Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (16)
Also in Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2001) View citations (23)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2003)
The Economic Motives for Child Allowances: Altruism, Exchange or Value of Independence?
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics

2001

The Pre-commitment Advantage of Having a Slow Legislative System
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
Welfare and Output Enhancing Moral Hazard: Disability Benefits and Endogenous Occupational Choice
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics

2000

A Structural Model of Well-being: with an application to German Data
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (16)
Interpretation Problems with Changes in Indices based on Categorizations
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2001)
The Non-Parametric Identification of Lagged Duration Dependence
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2002)

1999

The Role and Evolution of Central Authorities
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
Also in Game Theory and Information, University Library of Munich, Germany (1999)
Public Economics, University Library of Munich, Germany (1999)

1998

Consumption complementarities, monopolies and coordination
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics
Hiring on the basis of expected productivity in a South African clothing firm
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics
See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (1999)
The effect of a minimum wage on unemployment in a model of team production
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics
The sale of relational capital through tenure profiles and tournaments
Discussion Papers Series, University of Queensland, School of Economics View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2000)

1997

Capital scarcities as a reason for high unemployment in the European Union
Macroeconomics, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
Choice Behaviour and Verbal Behaviour: A Critical Assessment of their Relevance for Practical Policy
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (4)
Discrimination and job-uncertainty
Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (1998)

Journal Articles

2023

Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, (C), 1-27

2022

Caught between Cultures: Unintended Consequences of Improving Opportunity for Immigrant Girls
(Economics and Identity)
Review of Economic Studies, 2022, 89, (5), 2491-2528 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2021)
The Power of Creative Destruction
The Economic Record, 2022, 98, (320), 115-118
The relationship between obesity and self-esteem: longitudinal evidence from Australian adults
Oxford Open Economics, 2022, 1, 1-14

2021

Is transparency an anti-corruption myth?
Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2021, 5, (1), 27-43
See also Working Paper (2017)
Measuring resilience to major life events
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 191, (C), 598-619 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2021)
The Colour of a Free Ride
The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (634), 970-999 View citations (7)
WELLBYs, cost-benefit analyses and the Easterlin Discount
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 2021, 19, (1), 39-64
See also Working Paper (2021)

2020

A happy choice: a response to the responses
Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (2), 263-271 View citations (2)
A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government
Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4, (2), 126-165 View citations (43)
See also Working Paper (2020)
Daily weather only has small effects on wellbeing in the US
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, (C), 747-762 View citations (8)

2019

Heterogeneity in peer effects in random dormitory assignment in a developing country
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, (C), 117-134 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2019)
Improving the peer review process: a proposed market system
Scientometrics, 2019, 119, (2), 1285-1288 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2016)
Roommate effects in health outcomes
Health Economics, 2019, 28, (8), 998-1034 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2019)
Who Got the Brexit Blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK
Economica, 2019, 86, (343), 471-494 View citations (35)
See also Working Paper (2019)

2018

A Tale of Cyclones, Exports and Surplus Forgone in Australia's Protected Banana Industry
The Economic Record, 2018, 94, (306), 276-300
Expectation formation in an evolving game of uncertainty: New experimental evidence
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 154, (C), 379-405 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Fair Share: Competing Claims and Australia's Economic Future
The Economic Record, 2018, 94, (307), 508-511
Life satisfaction, QALYs, and the monetary value of health
Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 211, (C), 131-136 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2018)

2017

Migration and Discrimination in Urban China: A Decomposition Approach
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (4), 821-840 View citations (4)
The back-scratching game
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 142, (C), 494-508 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2020)

2016

Can collapsing business networks explain economic downturns?
Economic Modelling, 2016, 54, (C), 289-308 View citations (2)
Clean money, dirty system: Connected landowners capture beneficial land rezoning
Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 93, (C), 99-114 View citations (13)

2015

A lifecycle perspective of stock market performance and wellbeing
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 112, (C), 237-250 View citations (25)
Conspicuous consumption, conspicuous health, and optimal taxation
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 111, (C), 59-70 View citations (21)
See also Working Paper (2013)
Rising Inequality: A Benign Outgrowth of Markets or a Symptom of Cancerous Political Favours?
Australian Economic Review, 2015, 48, (1), 67-75 View citations (4)
The Empire of Value, by André Orléan ( MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2014 ), pp. 360
The Economic Record, 2015, 91, (292), 129-132
Who is coming to the artefactual field experiment? Participation bias among Chinese rural migrants
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 114, (C), 62-74 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

Does Childhood Predict Adult Life Satisfaction? Evidence from British Cohort Surveys
Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (580), F688-F719 View citations (58)
Is shared misery double misery?
Social Science & Medicine, 2014, 107, (C), 68-77 View citations (15)
On Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia, by Andrew Leigh ( Black, Inc. (an imprint of Schwartz Media Pty Ltd), Collingwood, Vic., Australia, 2013 ), pp. 224
The Economic Record, 2014, 90, (288), 119-121
THE EFFECT OF MENTAL HEALTH ON EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM AUSTRALIAN PANEL DATA
Health Economics, 2014, 23, (9), 1058-1071 View citations (89)
The formation of expectations: Competing theories and new evidence
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2014, 53, (C), 66-81 View citations (4)

2013

Economic choices and status: measuring preferences for income rank
Oxford Economic Papers, 2013, 65, (1), 47-73 View citations (50)
See also Working Paper (2010)
Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US
Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 84, (C), 61-68 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2013)
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Ability Gaps?
Demography, 2013, 50, (6), 2187-2208 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper (2010)
The Limits of Inference Without Theory, by Kenneth I. Wolpin ( MIT University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2013 ), pp. 192
The Economic Record, 2013, 89, (286), 429-432 View citations (1)
The Tyranny of Utility – Behavioral Social Science and the Rise of Paternalism by Gilles Saint-Paul ( Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2011 ) pp. 174
The Economic Record, 2013, 89, (287), 580-582
UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AND THE IMPACT ON SIBLING HEALTH OUTCOMES
Health Economics, 2013, 22, (8), 903-914 View citations (6)
Universities as Royal Courts: A Fable
Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 2013, 20, (1), 71-78

2012

Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 81, (1), 159-171 View citations (37)
See also Working Paper (2008)
Offshoring and job loss fears: An econometric analysis of individual perceptions
Labour Economics, 2012, 19, (5), 738-747 View citations (40)
The Cult of Theoi: Economic Uncertainty and Religion
The Economic Record, 2012, 88, (s1), 116-136
See also Working Paper (2010)
The Optimality of Tax Transfers: What does Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us?
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2012, 13, (5), 821-832 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2012)
The mystery of the U-shaped relationship between happiness and age
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 82, (2), 525-542 View citations (172)
See also Working Paper (2008)
The triumph of hope over disappointment: A note on the utility value of good health expectations
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33, (1), 206-214 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2012)

2011

Life Satisfaction Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113, (1), 190-211 View citations (161)
Quantifying the cost of passive smoking on child health: evidence from children's cotinine samples
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2011, 174, (1), 195-212 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2006)
The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (2), 271-281 View citations (8)
Also in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (2), 271-281 (2011) View citations (10)

2010

Childhood economic conditions and length of life: Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr cohort, 1937-2005
Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29, (1), 39-47 View citations (23)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Is the Internet Bad News? The Online News Era and the Market for High-Quality News
Review of Network Economics, 2010, 9, (2), 1-33 View citations (4)
See also Working Paper (2009)
Students' beliefs about peer effects
Economics Letters, 2010, 108, (3), 260-263 View citations (11)
The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics
The Economic Record, 2010, 86, (272), 127-131

2009

Groom price-female human capital: Some empirical evidence
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (2), 270-279 View citations (1)
How well do individuals predict their future life satisfaction? Evidence from panel data following a nationwide exogenous shock
Canadian Journal of Economics, 2009, 42, (4), 1326-1346 View citations (25)
Also in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2009, 42, (4), 1326-1346 (2009) View citations (9)
Quantifying the costs of drought: new evidence from life satisfaction data
Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 445-461 View citations (124)
To Work or Not to Work? Child Development and Maternal Labor Supply
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 97-110 View citations (28)

2008

Choosing to become a 'lost cause': the perverse effects of benefit preconditions
Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60, (1), 1-19
See also Working Paper (2003)
Materialism on the March: From conspicuous leisure to conspicuous consumption?
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (5), 1937-1945 View citations (20)
See also Working Paper (2005)
Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46, (1), 95-144 View citations (1807)
See also Working Paper (2008)
Robustness in health research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (6), 1626-1644 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (2008)
What Makes a Terrorist ‐ by Alan B. Krueger
The Economic Record, 2008, 84, (266), 393-394

2007

An analysis of the determinants of job satisfaction when individuals' baseline satisfaction levels may differ
Applied Economics, 2007, 39, (19), 2413-2423 View citations (52)
See also Working Paper (2003)
Investigating the quitting decision of nurses: panel data evidence from the british national health service
Health Economics, 2007, 16, (1), 57-73 View citations (9)
See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

Can the Large Swings in Russian Life Satisfaction be Explained by Ups and Downs in Real Incomes?*
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (3), 433-458 View citations (91)
From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's ‘Great Leap Forward’?
The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (257), 207-224 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2006)
Job Search with Nonparticipation
Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (508), 45-83 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper (2004)
Reducing Start‐up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labor Market*
Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (2), 317-337 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2004)

2005

Job Search Methods and Their Success: A Comparison of Immigrants and Natives in the UK
Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (507), F359-F376 View citations (53)
The causal effect of income on health: Evidence from German reunification
Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (5), 997-1017 View citations (264)

2004

How Important is Methodology for the estimates of the determinants of Happiness?
Economic Journal, 2004, 114, (497), 641-659 View citations (2126)
See also Working Paper (2002)
Investigating the Patterns and Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Germany Following Reunification
Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (3) View citations (157)
Money Does Matter! Evidence from Increasing Real Income and Life Satisfaction in East Germany Following Reunification
American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (3), 730-740 View citations (483)

2003

The anatomy of subjective well-being
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (1), 29-49 View citations (452)
See also Working Paper (2002)

2002

The non-parametric identification of lagged duration dependence
Economics Letters, 2002, 75, (3), 289-292 View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

Interpretation problems with changes in indices based on categorizations
Economics Letters, 2001, 72, (3), 375-379
See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

Do individuals try to maximize general satisfaction?
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2000, 21, (3), 281-304 View citations (64)
The sale of relational capital through tenure profiles and tournaments
Labour Economics, 2000, 7, (4), 373-384 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

A three-factor search model
Economics Letters, 1999, 64, (3), 319-324
Hiring on the Basis of Expected Productivity in a South African Clothing Firm
Oxford Economic Papers, 1999, 51, (2), 345-54 View citations (13)
See also Working Paper (1998)

1998

A model of fashions and status
Economic Modelling, 1998, 15, (4), 501-517 View citations (14)
Discrimination and job-uncertainty
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 36, (4), 433-446 View citations (18)
See also Working Paper (1997)

Books

2013

An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks
Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (15)
Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2013) View citations (15)

Chapters

2023

Realeconomik: Using the messy human experience to drive clean theoretical advance in economics
Chapter 5 in Handbook of Research Methods in Behavioural Economics, 2023, pp 80-103

2019

Happiness Amongst Teens in Australia
Springer

2017

Is it rational to be in love?
Chapter 12 in Handbook of Behavioural Economics and Smart Decision-Making, 2017, pp 205-232 View citations (1)

2010

Jobs, Working Hours and Remuneration Packages for Migrant and Urban Workers
Chapter 3 in The Great Migration, 2010 View citations (9)

1999

Different data sources for studying behaviour
Chapter 16 in Economics, Welfare Policy and the History of Economic Thought, 1999, pp 290-309