Frijters, Paul

Number of items: 50.
Centre for Economic Performance
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian (2025). WELLBY. In Chuah, Swee-Hoon, Hoffmann, Robert, Neelim, Ananta (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics (pp. 408 - 410). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.000126
  • Byth, Sophie, Frijters, Paul, Beatton, Tony (2022). The relationship between obesity and self-esteem: longitudinal evidence from Australian adults. Oxford Open Economics, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/ooec/odac009 picture_as_pdf
  • Etilé, Fabrice, Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Shields, Michael A. (2021). Measuring resilience to major life events. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 191, 598 - 619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.09.004 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Lalji, Chitwan, Pakrashi, Debayan (2020). Daily weather only has small effects on wellbeing in the US. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 176, 747-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.03.009
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian, Ulker, Aydogan (2020). Machiavelli versus concave utility functions should bads be spread out or concentrated? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1680). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Clark, Andrew E., Krekel, Christian, Layard, Richard (2019). A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government. (CEP Discussion paper 1658). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
  • Frijters, Paul, Islam, Asad, Lalji, Chitwan, Pakrashi, Debayan (2019). Roommate effects in health outcomes. Health Economics (United Kingdom), 28(8), 998 - 1034. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3901 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Islam, Asad, Pakrashi, Debayan (2019). Heterogeneity in peer effects in random dormitory assignment in a developing country. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 163, 117-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.04.025 picture_as_pdf
  • Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Plagnol, Anke C., Frijters, Paul, Clark, Andrew E. (2019). Who got the Brexit blues? The Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK. Economica, 86(343), 471-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12304 picture_as_pdf
  • Foster, Gigi, Frijters, Paul, Schaffner, Markus, Torgler, Benno (2018). Expectation formation in an evolving game of uncertainty: new experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 154, 379-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.013
  • Zorlu, Aslan, Frijters, Paul (2018). The happiness of European Muslims post-9/11. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1519587 picture_as_pdf
  • Ko, Chia Chiun, Frijters, Paul, Foster, Gigi (2018). A tale of cyclones, exports and surplus forgone in Australia's protected banana industry. Economic Record, 94(306), 276-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12414
  • Huang, Li, Frijters, Paul, Dalziel, Kim, Clarke, Philip (2018). Life satisfaction, QALYs, and the monetary value of health. Social Science & Medicine, 211, 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.009
  • Pakrashi, Debayan, Frijters, Paul (2017). Migration and discrimination in urban China: a decomposition approach. Review of Income and Wealth, 63(4), 821-840. https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12245
  • Murray, Cameron K., Frijters, Paul, Vorster, Melissa (2017). The back-scratching game. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 142, 494-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.07.018
  • Beatton, Tony, Frijters, Paul, Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2017). Expert panel: People from small, socially cohesive countries are happier.
  • Murray, Cameron K., Frijters, Paul (2017). Game of mates: how favours bleed the nation. Publicious.
  • Powdthavee, Nattavudh (Nick), Frijters, Paul (2017). Workers are happier with less hierarchy.
  • Frijters, Paul, Foster, Gigi (2017). Is it rational to be in love? In Handbook of behavioural economics and smart decision-making: rational decision-making within the bounds of reason (pp. 205-232). Edward Elgar.
  • Frijters, Paul (2016). More public holidays would boost national wellbeing.
  • Murray, Cameron K., Frijters, Paul (2016). Clean money, dirty system: connected landowners capture beneficial land rezoning. Journal of Urban Economics, 93, 99-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2016.04.001
  • Frijters, Paul, Antić, Nemanja (2016). Can collapsing business networks explain economic downturns? Economic Modelling, 54, 289-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.12.021
  • Frijters, Paul, Kong, Tao Sherry, Liu, Elaine M. (2015). Who is coming to the artefactual field experiment? Participation bias among Chinese rural migrants. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 114, 62-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.03.006
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Shields, Michael A., Sinha, Kompal (2015). A lifecycle perspective of stock market performance and wellbeing. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 112, 237-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.02.004
  • Mujcic, Redzo, Frijters, Paul (2015). Conspicuous consumption, conspicuous health, and optimal taxation. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 111, 59-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.12.017
  • Frijters, Paul, Foster, Gigi (2015). Rising inequality: a benign outgrowth of markets or a symptom of cancerous political favours? Australian Economic Review, 48(1), 67-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8462.12096
  • Foster, Gigi, Frijters, Paul (2014). The formation of expectations: competing theories and new evidence. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 53, 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2014.08.001
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Shields, Michael A. (2014). Does childhood predict adult life satisfaction? Evidence from British cohort surveys. The Economic Journal, 124(580), F688-F719. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12085
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Shields, Michael A. (2014). The effect of mental health on employment: evidence from Australian panel data. Health Economics, 23(9), 1058-1071. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3083
  • Mervin, Merehau Cindy, Frijters, Paul (2014). Is shared misery double misery? Social Science & Medicine, 107, 68-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.009
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Shah, Manisha, Shields, Michael A. (2013). Intrahousehold resource allocation: do parents reduce or reinforce child ability gaps? Demography, 50(6), 2187-2208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-013-0224-2
  • Frijters, Paul, Foster, Gigi (2013). An economic theory of greed, love, groups, and networks. Cambridge University Press.
  • Mujcic, Redzo, Frijters, Paul (2012). Economic choices and status: measuring preferences for income rank. Oxford Economic Papers, 65(1), 47-73. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpr065
  • Frijters, Paul (1999). Explorations of welfare and well-being [Doctoral thesis]. Tinbergen Institute.
    • LSE
  • Frijters, Paul, Foster, Gigi (2025). The love principle. In Chuah, Swee-Hoon, Hoffmann, Robert, Neelim, Ananta (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics (pp. 291 - 294). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.00092
  • Frijters, Paul (2024). Happiness fast and slow? Behavioural Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.36 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian, Sanchis, Raul, Santini, Ziggi Ivan (2024). The WELLBY: a new measure of social value and progress. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03229-5 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Knott, Rachel J., Torgler, Benno (2024). Importance of religion after adversity. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 63(1), 62 - 75. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12879 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Dahl, Gordon B., Felfe, Christina, Rainer, Helmut (2021). Replication Package for: Caught between Cultures: Unintended Consequences of Improving Opportunity for Immigrant Girls. [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5513356
  • Beaton, Tony, Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada, Frijters, Paul, Grimes, Arthur (10 August 2020) Immigrants have a positive impact on wellbeing in host countries – expert panel. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
  • Beaton, Tony, Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada, Frijters, Paul, Grimes, Arthur, Proto, Eugenio (16 June 2020) How to keep up wellbeing during the pandemic. LSE Business Review. picture_as_pdf
    • LSE Health
  • Lordan, Grace, Frijters, Paul (2013). Unplanned pregnancy and the impact on sibling health outcomes. Health Economics, 22(8), 903-914. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2866
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Lordan, Grace, Shields, Michael A. (2013). Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US. Social Science & Medicine, 84, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.028
    • Psychological and Behavioural Science
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian (2025). WELLBY. In Chuah, Swee-Hoon, Hoffmann, Robert, Neelim, Ananta (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics (pp. 408 - 410). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207736.000126
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian, Sanchis, Raul, Santini, Ziggi Ivan (2024). The WELLBY: a new measure of social value and progress. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03229-5 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian, Ulker, Aydogan (2023). Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 205, 1 - 27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.10.047 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Krekel, Christian, Ulker, Aydogan (2020). Machiavelli versus concave utility functions should bads be spread out or concentrated? (CEP Discussion Papers CEPDP1680). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance. picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul, Clark, Andrew E., Krekel, Christian, Layard, Richard (2019). A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government. (CEP Discussion paper 1658). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance.
    • Social Policy
  • Chen, Xuan, Hoek, Gerard, Frijters, Paul, Dyer, Georgia M C, Gössling, Stefan, Khomenko, Sasha, Khreis, Haneen, Kolb, Eline, Mueller, Natalie & Staatsen, Brigit et al (2026). Toward integrating subjective well-being in environmental health impact assessments for healthy urban living: a conceptual and methodological exploration. Environment International, 208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2026.110067
  • Quinn, Gerry A., Connolly, Ronan, ÓhAiseadha, Coilín, Hynds, Paul, Bagus, Philipp, Brown, Ronald B., Cáceres, Carlos F., Craig, Clare, Connolly, Michael & Domingo, Jose L. et al (2025). What lessons can be learned from the management of the COVID-19 pandemic? International Journal of Public Health, 70, https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607727 picture_as_pdf
  • Foster, Gigi, Frijters, Paul (2024). Hiding the elephant: the tragedy of COVID policy and its economist apologists. Australian Economic Papers, 63(1), 106 - 144. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8454.12293 picture_as_pdf
  • Dahl, Gordon B., Felfe, Christina, Frijters, Paul, Rainer, Helmut (2022). Caught between cultures: unintended consequences of improving opportunity for immigrant girls. Review of Economic Studies, 89(5), 2491 - 2528. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab089 picture_as_pdf
  • Frijters, Paul (2021). WELLBYs, cost-benefit analyses and the Easterlin Discount. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 19, 39 - 64. https://doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2021.deb04 picture_as_pdf
  • Lordan, Grace, Frijters, Paul (2013). Unplanned pregnancy and the impact on sibling health outcomes. Health Economics, 22(8), 903-914. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2866
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W., Lordan, Grace, Shields, Michael A. (2013). Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US. Social Science & Medicine, 84, 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.028
  • Frijters, Paul, Johnston, David W, Lordan, Grace, Shields, Michael A. (2013). Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US. (Health, Econometrics and Data Group Working Papers 13/02). Health, Econometrics and Data Group, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.