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Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Economics of Happiness, as of April 2026

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  • For Economics of Happiness, these are 367 institutions and 315 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1Paris School of Economics, Paris, France1.1141.27
2London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom1.78132.45
3Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)3.1710.41
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom3.2761.36
4Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg4.47451.23
5University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)5.3610.30
-Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg5.48440.90
6University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada6.0521.44
7University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)6.2520.22
8University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom6.8720.38
9National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)9.21100.17
10Monash University → Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia10.6960.99
11Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland10.8851.01
12University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)12.9710.02
13Princeton University → School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey (United States)13.9110.06
14Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland14.7620.10
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Social Policy, London, United Kingdom15.3140.37
15University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)15.5720.39
16Nanyang Technological University → Division of Economics, Singapore, Singapore16.5110.41
17DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Berlin, Germany16.6350.69
18Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia, Roma, Italy17.0641.11
19University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)18.6720.35
-Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Roma, Italy18.8730.65
-DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) → Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung "Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP)", Berlin, Germany19.7830.53
20Barcelona School of Economics (BSE), Barcelona, Spain20.2020.86
-University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy → Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)20.6310.33
21Brookings Institution, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)20.7520.66
22Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Magdeburg, Germany21.0332.45
-Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain21.4610.36
-Brookings Institution → Global Economy and Development Program, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)21.7910.66
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Centre for Health Economics, Melbourne, Australia22.6230.30
23University of Southern California → Center for Economic and Social Research, Los Angeles, California (United States)22.8840.43
-Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia23.5310.13
24Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand23.7520.34
25University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom24.4210.16
26Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland26.7040.84
27University of Melbourne → Faculty of Business and Economics, Melbourne, Australia27.6630.91
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland27.7240.84
28Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom30.0920.39
29Universiteit Antwerpen → Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, Antwerpen, Belgium31.2310.70
30Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Department of Economics, Jerusalem, Israel32.2310.32
31Oxford University → Saïd Business School, Oxford, United Kingdom32.3310.58
32University of Auckland → Business School, Auckland, New Zealand32.3510.16
33Hamilton College → Department of Economics, Clinton, New York (United States)33.4510.43
34Universität der Bundeswehr → Fakultät für Staats- und Sozialwissenschaften → Institut für Soziologie und Volkswirtschaftslehre, Neubiberg, Germany36.8310.70
35University of California-Berkeley → Walter A. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, California (United States)37.6910.09
36University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)38.3110.04

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Angus Deaton
University of Southern California → Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
1.81
2Andrew Clark
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
1.97
3Andrew J. Oswald
University of Warwick → Department of Economics, Coventry, United Kingdom
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) → IZA@LISER Network, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
3.38
4John F. Helliwell
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
3.94
5Richard Layard
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
4.55
6David G. Blanchflower
Dartmouth College → Economics Department, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
5.16
7Richard A. Easterlin6.70
8Miles Spencer Kimball
University of Colorado → Department of Economics, Boulder, Colorado (United States)
7.36
9Heinz Welsch13.97
10Bruno S. Frey
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Basel/Zürich, Switzerland
14.23
11John Knight14.53
12Alois Stutzer
Universität Basel → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
14.66
13James J. Heckman
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
16.28
14Ruut Veenhoven16.68
15Nattavudh Powdthavee
Nanyang Technological University → Division of Economics, Singapore, Singapore
17.13
16Claudia Senik
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
18.63
17Carol Lee Graham
Brookings Institution → Global Economy and Development Program, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
18.65
18Justin Wolfers20.32
19Leonardo Becchetti
Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" → Facoltà di Economia → Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, Roma, Italy
21.38
20Betsey Stevenson
University of Michigan → Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy → Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
21.66
21Paul Frijters
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Social Policy, London, United Kingdom
22.67
22Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) → Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica CSIC (IAE-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
22.88
23Bruce D. Meyer23.19
24Daniel Jacob Benjamin
University of Southern California → Department of Economics, Los Angeles, California (United States)
23.22
25Daniel Hamermesh
University of Texas-Austin → Department of Economics, Austin, Texas (United States)
23.86
26Marc Fleurbaey
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
24.69
27Robert MacCulloch
University of Auckland → Business School, Auckland, New Zealand
Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
25.12
28Gert G. Wagner25.93
29Russell Smyth
Monash University → Monash Business School → Department of Economics, Melbourne, Australia
26.47
30Alex Bryson
University College London (UCL) → Institute of Education → Social Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
27.72
31Stefan Szymanski31.19
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