Value for Money. How to improve wellbeing and reduce misery (with D.Frayman, C. Krekel, S. MacLennan and I.Parkes). CEP Special Report #44. LSE, September 2024.

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Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers' rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations (with Clark, A. E., Cotofan, M.). Economica, 91(362), 497-546. 2024.

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Wellbeing: science and policy (with J.E. De Neve). CentrePiece Magazine (Summer 2023). CEP, LSE, June 2023. 

 

A new science of wellbeing will change policy and decision making (with J.E. De Neve). Impact of Social Sciences Blog. LSE. March 2023

 

The Happiness Agenda: The Next 10 Years. (with Helliwell, J. F. & Sachs, J. D.) World Happiness Report, 2023. Sustainable Development Solutions Network, March 2023.

 

“Policy Stringency and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Longitudinal Analysis of Psychological Distress and Life Evaluations in 15 Countries.” (with Aknin, L. B., Andretti, B., … & Zaki, J.) Lancet Public Health, 7(5). Elsevier, May 2022.

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“Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward.” (with L.B. Aknin, J.E. De Neve… Yanis Ben Amor) , The Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Mental Health Task Force, Perspectives on Psychological Science. SAGE January 2022.

 

The True Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education (with A.E. Clark and M. Cotofan),CEP Discussion Paper No. 1746. 2021

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Wellbeing as the Goal of Policy. LSE Public Policy Review, 2(2). 2021.

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A local community course that raises wellbeing and pro-sociality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial, (with Krekel, C. De Neve, J.E. & Fancourt, D.). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol.188, 2021, pp.322-336.

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Living Long and Living Well: The WELLBY Approach (with E. Oparina), World Happiness Report 2021, New York SDSN, 2021.

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Taking a wellbeing years approach to policy choice (with De Neve, A.E. Clark, Krekel and O’Donnell). BMJ Vol 371. 2020.

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A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government (with Frijters, A.E. Clark and Krekel). Journal of Behavioural Public Policy, Vol 4(2). Cambridge University Press. 2020.

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Global Happiness and Wellbeing Policy Report, (Helliwell, J. F., R. Layard and J. Sachs eds.) New York, NY, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. 2019.

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'Transparency about the outcomes of mental health services (IAPT approach): an analysis of public data.', (with David M Clark, Lauren Canvin, John Green, Richard Layard, Stephen Pilling and Magdalena Janecka) Lancet, vol. 391(10121), pp. 679-686. 2018. 

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'Is it time for a dedicated tax to fund the NHS?', (Layard, R. and J. Appleby). BMJ, vol. 356. 2017.

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'The key determinants of happiness and misery',  (with Clark, A.E., Fleche, S., Powdthavee, N., and Ward, G.) in (Helliwell, J. F., R. Layard and J. Sachs Eds.), World Happiness Report 2017, New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

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'Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?', (with Sarah Flèche) Kyklos, 70(1), Pages 27-41, 2017.

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“How to make policy when happiness is the goal" (with O'Donnell, G.). Chapter 4 in J. F. Helliwell, R. Layard and J. Sachs (eds) .World Happiness Report 2015.  New York, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2015.

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"What predicts a successful life? A life-course model of well-being", (with A.E. Clark, F. Cornaglia, N. Powdthavee and J. Vernoit). The Economic Journal, vol. 124(F720-738), 2014.

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Wellbeing and policy. O'Donnell, G., Deaton, A., Durand, M., Halpern, D., & Layard, R. London: Legatum Institute, 2014.

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 “Mental Health: the new frontier for labour economics”, in D. McDaid, and C.L. Cooper  (eds) Wellbeing: A complete reference guide Volume 5 (The economics of wellbeing), Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. See also Mental health: the new frontier for labour economics. IZA J Labor Policy 2, 2 (2013).

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Complete list of publications can be found in Richard Layard's CV.