2023

Giuntella, Osea, McManus, Sally, Mujcic, Redzo, Oswald, Andrew J., Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Tohamy, Ahmed (2023) The midlife crisis. Economica, 90 (357). pp. 65-110. doi:10.1111/ecca.12452

2022

Chen, Le-Yu, Oparina, Ekaterina, Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Srisuma, Sorawoot (2022) Robust ranking of happiness outcomes : a median regression perspective. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 200 . pp. 672-686. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2022.06.010

2021

Odermatt, Reto, Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Stutzer, Alois (2021) Are newly self-employed overly optimistic about their future well-being? Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 95 . 101779. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2021.101779

Swee, Eik, Zhan, Haikun and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2021) Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace? Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 95 . 101765. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2021.101765

Yemiscigil, Ayse, Whillans, Ashley and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2021) The effects of retirement on sense of purpose in life : crisis or opportunity? Psychological Science, 32 (11). pp. 1856-1864. doi:10.1177/09567976211024248

Flèche, Sarah, Lepinteur, Anthony and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2021) The importance of capital in closing the entrepreneurial gender gap : a longitudinal study of lottery wins. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 188 . pp. 591-607. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.038

Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Riyanto, Yohanes E. , Wong, Erwin C. L. , Yeo, Jonathan X. W. and Chan, Qi Yu (2021) When face masks signal social identity : explaining the deep face-mask divide during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One, 16 (6). e0253195. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0253195

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2021) Education and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours : a nonparametric regression discontinuity analysis of a major schooling reform in England and Wales. Ecological Economics, 181 . 106931. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106931

Brodeur, Abel, Clark, Andrew E., Fleche, Sarah and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2021) COVID-19, lockdowns and well-being : evidence from Google trends. Journal of Public Economics, 193 . 104346. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104346

Luckman, Ashley, Zeitoun, Hossam, Isoni, Andrea, Loomes, Graham, Vlaev, Ivo, Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Read, Daniel (2021) Risk compensation during COVID-19 : the impact of face mask usage on social distancing. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Applied, 27 (4). pp. 722-738. doi:10.1037/xap0000382

2020

Flèche, Sarah, Lepinteur, Anthony and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2020) Gender norms, fairness and relative working hours within households. Labour Economics, 65 . 101866. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101866

Machia, Lucia, Plagnol, Anke and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2020) Buying happiness in an unequal world : rank of income more strongly predicts well-being in more unequal countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46 (5). pp. 769-780. doi:10.1177/0146167219877413

Kossuth, Lajos, Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Harris, Donna and Chater, Nick (2020) Does it pay to bet on your favourite to win? Evidence on experienced utility from the 2018 FIFA World Cup experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 171 . pp. 35-58. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2020.01.006

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Oswald, Andrew J. (2020) Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34,000 English citizens. Ecological Economics, 169 . 106485. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106485

2019

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Oswald, Andrew J. (2019) Is there a link between air pollution and impaired memory? Evidence on 34,000 English citizens. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1228). (Unpublished)

Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Plagnol, Anke, Frijters, Paul and Clark, Andrew E. (2019) Who got the Brexit blues? The effect of Brexit on subjective wellbeing in the UK. Economica, 86 (343). pp. 471-494. doi:10.1111/ecca.12304

Macchia, Lucia, Plagnol, Anke C. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2019) Why do people tolerate income inequality? Harvard Business Review .

2018

Powdthavee, Nick, Riyanto, Yohanes E. and Knetsch, Jack L. (2018) Lower-rated publications do lower academics’ judgments of publication lists : evidence from a survey experiment of economists. Journal of Economic Psychology, 66 . pp. 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2018.04.003

Fleche, Sarah, Lepinteur, Anthony and Powdthavee, Nick (2018) Gender norms and relative working hours : why do women suffer more than men from working longer hours than their partner? AEA Papers and Proceedings, 108 . pp. 163-168. doi:10.1257/pandp.20181098

Lekfuangfu, Warn N., Powdthavee, Nick, Warrinnier, Nele and Cornaglia, Francesca (2018) Locus of control and its intergenerational implications for early childhood skill formation. The Economic Journal, 128 (608). pp. 298-329. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12414

Moschion, Julie and Powdthavee, Nick (2018) The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 146 . pp. 206-221.

Cheng, Terence C., Costa-i-Font, Joan and Powdthavee, Nick (2018) Do you have to win it to fix it? A longitudinal study of lottery winners and their health care demand. American Journal of Health Economics, 4 (1). pp. 26-50. doi:10.1162/ajhe_a_00092

2017

Powdthavee, Nick, Burkhauser, Richard V. and De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel (2017) Top incomes and human well-being : evidence from the Gallup World Poll. Journal of Economic Psychology, 62 . pp. 246-257.

Cheng, T. C., Powdthavee, Nick and Oswald, Andrew J. (2017) Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in human well-being : results from four data sets. The Economic Journal, 127 (599). pp. 126-142. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12256

2016

Buddelmeyer, Hielke and Powdthavee, Nick (2016) Can having internal locus of control insure against negative shocks? Psychological evidence from panel data. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 122 . pp. 88-109. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2015.11.014

2015

Drouvelis, Michalis and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Are happier people less judgmental of other people's selfish behaviors? Experimental survey evidence from trust and gift exchange games. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 58 . pp. 111-123. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2015.07.007

Yamamura, Eiji, Tsutsui, Yoshiro, Yamane, Chisako, Yamane, Shoko and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Trust and happiness : comparative study before and after the Great East Japan earthquake. Social Indicators Research, 123 (3). pp. 919-935. doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0767-7

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Would you like to know what makes people happy? An overview of the datasets on subjective well-being. Australian Economic Review, 48 (3). pp. 314-320. doi:10.1111/1467-8462.12105

Li, Jinhu and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Does more education lead to better health habits? Evidence from the school reforms in Australia. Social Science & Medicine, 127 . pp. 83-91. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.021

Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Lekfuangfu, Warn N. and Wooden, Mark (2015) What's the good of education on our overall quality of life? A simultaneous equation model of education and life satisfaction for Australia. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 54 . pp. 10-21. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2014.11.002

Drouvelis, Michalis, Metcalfe, Robert and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2015) Can priming cooperation increase public good contributions? Theory and Decision, 79 (3). pp. 479-492. doi:10.1007/s11238-015-9481-4

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Wooden, Mark (2015) Life satisfaction and sexual minorities : evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 116 . pp. 107-126. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Riyanto, Yohanes E. (2015) Would you pay for transparently useless advice? A test of boundaries of beliefs in the folly of predictions. Review of Economics and Statistics, 97 (2). pp. 257-272. doi:10.1162/REST_a_00453

2014

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2014) What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood? Journal of Economic Psychology, 45 . pp. 84-101. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2014.08.003

Layard, Richard, Clark, Andrew E., Cornaglia, Francesca, Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Vernoit, James (2014) What predicts a successful life? A life-course model of well-being. The Economic Journal, 124 (580). F720-F738. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12170

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Oswald, Andrew J. (2014) Does money make people right-wing and inegalitarian? A longitudinal study of lottery winners. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS), Volume 2014 (Number 1039).

Cheng, Terence C., Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Oswald, Andrew J. (2014) Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in human well-being : results from four data sets. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (TWERPS), Volume 2014 (Number 1037).

Chongvilaivan, Aekapol and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2014) Do different work characteristics have different distributional impacts on job satisfaction? A study of slope heterogeneity in workers’ well-being. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 52 (3). pp. 426-444. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00904.x

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Stutzer, Alois (2014) Economic approaches to understanding change in happiness. In: Stability of Happiness. Academic Press, pp. 219-244.

2013

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Vernoit, James (2013) Parental unemployment and children's happiness : a longitudinal study of young people's well-being in unemployed households. Labour Economics, 24 . pp. 253-263. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2013.09.008

Boyce, Christopher J., Wood, Alex M. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2013) Is personality fixed? Personality changes as much as “variable” economic factors and more strongly predicts changes to life satisfaction. Social Indicators Research, 111 (1). pp. 287-305. doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0006-z

2012

Dolan, Paul and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2012) Thinking about it : a note on attention and well-being losses from unemployment. Applied Economics Letters, 19 (4). pp. 325-328. doi:10.1080/13504851.2011.577000

2011

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and van den Berg, Bernard (2011) Putting different price tags on the same health condition : re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach. Journal of Health Economics , 30 (5). pp. 1032-1043. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.06.001

Metcalfe, Robert, Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Dolan, Paul (2011) Destruction and distress : using a quasi-experiment to show the effects of the September 11 attacks on mental well-being in the United Kingdom. The Economic Journal, 121 (550). F81-F103. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02416.x

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2011) Anticipation, free-rider problems, and adaptation to Trade Unions : re-examining the curious case of dissatisfied union members. ILR Review, 64 (5). pp. 1000-1019. doi:10.1177/001979391106400508

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2011) Jobless, friendless and broke : what happens to different areas of life before and after unemployment? Economica, 79 (315). pp. 557-575. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0335.2011.00905.x

2010

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Oswald, Andrew J. (2010) Data for Daughters and left-wing voting. [Dataset]

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2010) Daughters and left-wing voting. Review of Economics and Statistics, The, Vol.92 (No.2). pp. 213-227. doi:10.1162/rest.2010.11436

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2010) Does education reduce the risk of hypertension? Estimating the biomarker effect of compulsory schooling in England. Journal of Human Capital, 4 (2). pp. 173-202. doi:10.1086/657020

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2010) How much does money really matter? Estimating the causal effects of income on happiness. Empirical Economics, 39 (1). pp. 77-92. doi:10.1007/s00181-009-0295-5

2009

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2009) How important is rank to individual perception of economic standing? A within-community analysis. The Journal of Economic Inequality, 7 (3). pp. 225-248. doi:10.1007/s10888-008-9076-1

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2009) I can’t smile without you : spousal correlation in life satisfaction. Journal of Economic Psychology, 30 (4). pp. 675-689. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2009.06.005

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2009) Think having children will make you happy? Psychologist, 22 (4). pp. 308-311.

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2009) What happens to people before and after disability? Focusing effects, lead effects, and adaptation in different areas of life. Social Science & Medicine, 69 (12). pp. 1834-1844. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.023

Vignoles, Anna F. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2009) The socioeconomic gap in university dropouts. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 9 (1). doi:10.2202/1935-1682.2051

2008

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2008) Death, happiness, and the calculation of compensatory damages. Journal of Legal Studies, Vol.37 (Suppl.2). S217-S251. doi:10.1086/595674

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2008) Does happiness adapt? : a longitudinal study of disability with implications for economists and judges. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.92 (No.5/6). pp. 1061-1077. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.01.002

Powdthavee, Nattavudh and Vignoles, Anna (2008) Mental health of parents and life satisfaction of children : a within-family analysis of intergenerational transmission of well-being. Social Indicators Research, 88 (3). pp. 397-422. doi:10.1007/s11205-007-9223-2

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2008) Putting a price tag on friends, relatives, and neighbours : using surveys of life satisfaction to value social relationships. The Journal of Socio-Economics, 37 (4). pp. 1459-1480. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2007.04.004

2007

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Death, happiness and the calculation of compensatory damages. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.827).

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Obesity, unhappiness, and the challenge of affluence : theory and evidence. Economic Journal, Vol.117 (No.6). pp. 441-454. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02077_1.x

Oswald, Andrew J. and Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Obesity, unhappiness, and "The challenge of affluence": Theory and evidence. Economic Journal, Vol.117 (No.521). F441-F454. ISSN 0013-0133

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Are there geographical variations in the psychological cost of unemployment in South Africa? Social Indicators Research, 80 (3). pp. 629-652. doi:10.1007/s11205-006-0013-z

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Feeling richer or poorer than others : a cross-section and panel analysis of subjective economic status in Indonesia. Asian Economic Journal, 21 (2). pp. 169-194. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00253.x

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2007) Happiness and the standard of living : the case of South Africa. In: Bruni , Luigino and Porta, Pier Luigi , (eds.) Handbook on the Economics of Happiness. Edward Elgar Publishing., pp. 447-486. ISBN 9781843768265

2005

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2005) Unhappiness and crime : evidence from South Africa. Economica, 72 (287). pp. 531-547. doi:10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00429.x

2003

Powdthavee, Nattavudh (2003) Is the structure of happiness equations the same in poor and rich countries? The case of South Africa. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick, Department of Economics. Warwick economic research papers (No.675).