Publications

An Updated Polygenic Index Repository: Expanded Phenotypes, New Cohorts, and Improved Causal Inference

Alemu, Robel, Anastasia Terskaya, Matthew Howell, Junming Guan, …, David Cesarini, Alexander Strudwick Young, Patrick Turley, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Aysu Okbay (2025). bioRxiv, posted May 18

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What Do People Want?

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen B. Cooper, Ori Heffetz, Miles Kimball, and Tushar Kundu (2026). NBER Working Paper No. 33846

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Family-GWAS reveals effects of environment and mating on genetic associations

Tan, Tammy, Hariharan Jayashankar, Junming Guan, Seyed Moeen Nehzati, Mahdi Mir, Michael Bennett, …, David Cesarini, Patrick Turley, Aysu Okbay, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Alexander Strudwick Young (2024). Revise-and-resubmit, Nature

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Dissecting the Predictive Accuracy of Polygenic Indexes for Behavioral Phenotypes Across Genetic Ancestries

Alemu, Robel, Alexander S. Young, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, and Aysu Okbay (2025). bioRxiv, posted September 13

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Simple models of non-random mating and environmental transmission bias standard human genetics statistical methods

Border, Richard, Jeremy Wang, Christa Caggiano, Sriram Sankararaman, Andrew J. Schork, Patrick Turley, Alexander S. Young, Daniel J. Benjamin, Andy W. Dahl, and Noah Zaitlen (2024). Revise-and-resubmit, Nature Genetics

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Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen B. Cooper, Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Jiannan Zhou (2023). NBER Working Paper 31728, September 22

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A General Approach to Adjusting Genetic Studies for Assortative Mating

Bilghese, Marta, Regina Manansala, Dhruva Jaishankar, Jonathan Jala, Daniel J. Benjamin, Miles Kimball, Paul L. Auer, Michael A. Livermore, and Patrick Turley (2023). bioRxiv, September 5

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Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)

Alipourfard, Nazanin, Beatrix Arendt, Daniel J. Benjamin, Noam Benkler, Michael M. Bishop, Mark Burstein, Martin Bush, et al. (2021). SocArXiv, May 4

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Multi-Ancestry Meta-Analysis yields novel genetic discoveries and ancestry-specific associations

Turley, Patrick, Alicia R. Martin, Grant Goldman, Hui Li, Masahiro Kanai, Raymond K. Walters, Jonathan B. Jala, Kuang Lin, Iona Y. Millwood, Caitlin E. Carey, Duncan S. Palmer, Meghan Zacher, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Zhengming Chen, Liming Li, Masato Akiyama, Yukinori Okada, Yoichiro Kamatani, Robin G. Walters, Shawneequa Callier, David Laibson, Michelle N. Meyer, David Cesarini, Mark Daly, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Benjamin M. Neale (2021). bioRxiv, April 24

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Reconsidering Risk Aversion

Benjamin, Daniel J., Mark Alan Fontana, and Miles S. Kimball (2020). NBER Working Paper No. 28007, October

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Base-Rate Neglect: Foundations and Implications

Benjamin, Daniel J., Aaron Bodoh-Creed, and Matthew Rabin (2019).

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Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments

Benjamin, Daniel J., Don A. Moore, and Matthew Rabin (2017). NBER Working Paper 23927, October

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Aggregating Local Preferences To Guide Policy

Benjamin, Daniel J., Gabriel Carroll, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2014). Cornell University and University of Southern California mimeo, October

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Social-Science Genomics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions

Benjamin, Daniel J., David Cesarini, Patrick Turley, and Alexander Strudwick Young (2026). Accepted, Journal of Economic Literature

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Overconfidence persists despite years of accurate, precise, public, and continuous feedback: Two studies of tournament chess players

Heck, Patrick Ryan, Daniel J. Benjamin, Christopher F. Chabris, and Daniel J. Simons (2025). Psychological Science, 36(9), 732–745. Published online August 13

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Family-based genome-wide association study designs for increased power and robustness

Guan, Junming, Tammy Tan, Seyed Moeen Nehzati, Michael Bennett, Patrick Turley, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Alexander I. Young (2025). Nature Genetics, 57, 1044–1052

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Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient

Kweon, Hyeokmoon, …, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Philipp D. Koellinger (2025). Nature Human Behaviour, 9(4), 794–805

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Exploring the role of digital tools in rare disease management: An interview-based study

Chang, Andrea, Sarah D. Huang, Daniel J. Benjamin, Johanna L. Schmidt, Christina G. S. Palmer, and Nanibaa’ A. Garrison (2025). Journal of Genetic Counseling, 34, e1908

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Genetic Architecture Reconciles Linkage and Association Studies of Complex Traits

Sidorenko, Julia, …, Loïc Yengo (2024). Nature Genetics, 56, 2352–2360

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From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen B. Cooper, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2024). Annual Review of Economics, 16, 359–391

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The ESG Issues That Matter Most to People

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, and Michael M. Weinstein (2023). Harvard Business Review. Published online July 18

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What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence

Benjamin, Daniel J., Jakina Debnam Guzman, Marc Fleurbaey, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2023). Journal of the European Economic Association, 21(6), 2377–2412. Published online May 26

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Wrestling with Social and Behavioral Genomics: Risks, Potential Benefits, and Ethical Responsibility

Meyer, Michelle N., Paul S. Appelbaum, Daniel J. Benjamin, Shawneequa L. Callier, Nathaniel Comfort, Dalton Conley, Jeremy Freese, Nanibaa’ A. Garrison, Evelynn M. Hammonds, K. Paige Harden, Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Alicia R. Martin, Daphne Oluwaseun Martschenko, Benjamin M. Neale, Rohan H. C. Palmer, James Tabery, Eric Turkheimer, Patrick Turley, and Erik Parens (2023). The Hastings Center Report, 53(S1), S2–S49. Published online April 20

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Public views on polygenic screening of embryos

Meyer, Michelle N., Tammy Tan, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson, and Patrick Turley (2023). Science, 379(6632), 541–543. Published online February 9

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Mendelian imputation of parental genotypes improves estimates of direct genetic effects

Young, Alexander I., Seyed M. Nehzati, Stefania Benonisdottir, Aysu Okbay, Hariharan Jayashankar, Chanwook Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, and Augustine Kong (2022). Nature Genetics. Published online June 9

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Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects

Howe, Laurence J., Michel G. Nivard, Tim T. Morris, …, Philipp D. Koellinger, Jaakko Kaprio, Sarah E. Medland, Robin G. Walters, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, David M. Evans, George Davey Smith, Caroline Hayward, Ben Brumpton, Gibran Hemani, and Neil M. Davies (2022). Nature Genetics. Published online May 9

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Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

Okbay, Aysu, Yeda Wu, Nancy Wang, Hariharan Jayashankar, Michael Bennett, Seyed Moeen Nehzati, Julia Sidorenko, Hyeokmoon Kweon, …, Augustine Kong, Loïc Yengo, David Cesarini, Patrick Turley, Peter M. Visscher, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Alexander Young (2022). Nature Genetics. Published online March 31

FAQs

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Consensus-based guidance for conducting and reporting multi-analyst studies

Aczel, Balazs, Barnabas Szaszi, Gustav Nilsonne, Olmo Van den Akker, Casper J. Albers, Marcel A. L. M. van Assen, Jojanneke A. Bastiaansen, et al. (2021). eLife, 10, e72185

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Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos

Turley, Patrick, Michelle N. Meyer, Nancy Wang, David Cesarini, Evelynn Hammonds, Alicia R. Martin, Ben M. Neale, Heidi L. Rehm, Louise Wilkins-Haug, Daniel J. Benjamin, Steven Hyman, David Laibson, and Peter M. Visscher (2021). New England Journal of Medicine, 385, 78–86. Published online July 1

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Resource Profile and User Guide of the Polygenic Index Repository

Becker, Joel, Casper A. P. Burik, Grant Goldman, Nancy Wang, Hariharan Jayashankar, Michael Bennett, Daniel W. Belsky, Richard Karlsson Linnér, …, Alexander Young, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Philipp D. Koellinger, Sven Oskarsson, Magnus Johannesson, Peter M. Visscher, Michelle N. Meyer, David Laibson, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, and Aysu Okbay (2021). Nature Human Behaviour. Published online June 17

FAQs

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Genomic analysis of diet composition finds novel loci and associations with health and lifestyle

Meddens, S. Fleur W., Ronald de Vlaming, Peter Bowers, Casper A. P. Burik, Richard K. Linnér, Chanwook Lee, Aysu Okbay, Patrick Turley, …, Daniel J. Benjamin, Carson C. Chow, and Philipp D. Koellinger (2020). Molecular Psychiatry. Published online May 11

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Predicting Mid-Life Capital Formation with Pre-School Delay of Gratification and Life-Course Measures of Self-Regulation

Benjamin, Daniel J., David I. Laibson, Walter Mischel, Philip K. Peake, Yuichi Shoda, Alexandra Steiny, and Nicole L. Wilson (2020). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 179, 743–756. Special issue on “Understanding Cognition and Decision Making by Children”

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Measuring and Controlling for the Compromise Effect When Estimating Risk Preference Parameters

Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Daniel J. Benjamin, Christopher F. Chabris, and David I. Laibson (2020). Experimental Economics, 23(4), 1069–1099

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Self-reported wellbeing indicators are a valuable complement to traditional economic indicators but aren’t yet ready to compete with them

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2020). Behavioural Public Policy, 4(2), 198–209. Special issue “On Happiness Being the Goal of Government”

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A consensus-based transparency checklist

Aczel, Balazs, Barnabas Szaszi, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Zoltan Kekecs, Šimon Kucharský, Daniel J. Benjamin, …, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers (2020). Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 4–6

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A Well-Being Snapshot in a Changing World

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2019). American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 109, 344–349

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Three Recommendations for Improving the Use of p-Values

Benjamin, Daniel J., and James O. Berger (2019). The American Statistician, 73(sup1), 186–191. Special issue on “Statistical Inference in the 21st Century: A World Beyond p < 0.05”

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Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

Linnér, Richard K., Pietro Biroli, Edward Kong, S. Fleur W. Meddens, Robbee Wedow, Mark Alan Fontana, Maël Lebreton, …, Jacob Gratten, James J. Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Philipp Koellinger, and Jonathan P. Beauchamp (2019). Nature Genetics, 51(2), 245–257

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Errors in Probabilistic Reasoning and Judgment Biases

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2019). Chapter for the Handbook of Behavioral Economics (edited by Doug Bernheim, Stefano DellaVigna, and David Laibson). Elsevier Press

Supplementary files

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No Evidence that Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth

Chabris, Christopher F., Patrick R. Heck, Jaclyn Mandart, Daniel J. Benjamin, and Daniel J. Simons (2018). Social Psychology. Published online December 10

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Imprint of Assortative Mating on the Human Genome

Yengo, Loïc, Matthew Robinson, Matthew Keller, Kathryn Kemper, Yuanhao Yang, Maciej Trzaskowski, Jacob Gratten, Patrick Turley, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Naomi Wray, Michael Goddard, Jian Yang, and Peter Visscher (2018). Nature Human Behaviour, 2, 948–954

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Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

Lee, James J., Robbee Wedow, Aysu Okbay, Edward Kong, Omeed Maghzian, Meghan Zacher, Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet, Peter Bowers, …, David I. Laibson, Jian Yang, Magnus Johannesson, Philipp D. Koellinger, Patrick Turley, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, and David Cesarini (2018). Nature Genetics, 50, 1112–1121. Published online July 23

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Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

Turley, Patrick, Raymond K. Walters, Omeed Maghzian, Aysu Okbay, James J. Lee, Mark Alan Fontana, Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet, Nicholas A. Furlotte, 23andMe Research Team, Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Patrik Magnusson, Sven Oskarsson, Magnus Johannesson, Peter M. Visscher, David Laibson, David Cesarini, Benjamin Neale, and Daniel J. Benjamin (2018). Nature Genetics, 50, 229–237. Published online January 1

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Redefine Statistical Significance

Benjamin, Daniel J., James O. Berger, Magnus Johannesson, Brian Nosek, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, …, Valen Johnson (2018). Nature Human Behaviour, 2(1), 6–10

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An epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis of educational attainment

Linnér, Richard K., Riccardo E. Marioni, Cornelius A. Rietveld, …, George Davey Smith, Ian J. Deary, Philipp D. Koellinger, and Daniel J. Benjamin (2017). Molecular Psychiatry, 22, 1680–1690. Published online October 31

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Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2017). American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 107(5), 81–85

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The relationship between the normalized gradient addition mechanism and quadratic voting

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Derek Lougee (2017). Public Choice, 172(1), 233–263. Invited paper for special issue on “Quadratic voting and the public good”

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Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior

Barban, Nicola, Rick Jansen, Ronald de Vlaming, Ahmad Vaez, Jornt Mandemakers, Felix C. Tropf, Xia Shen, James F. Wilson, …, James J. Lee, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, Philipp D. Koellinger, Marcel den Hoed, Harold Snieder, and Melinda C. Mills (2016). Nature Genetics, 48, 1462–1472. Published online October 31

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Genetic variants linked to education predict longevity

Marioni, Riccardo E., Stuart J. Ritchie, Peter K. Joshi, Saskia P. Hagenaars, Aysu Okbay, Krista Fischer, Mark J. Adams, W. David Hill, Gail Davies, Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, Reka Nagy, Carmen Amador, Kristi Läll, Andres Metspalu, David C. Liewald, Archie Campbell, James F. Wilson, Caroline Hayward, Tõnu Esko, David J. Porteous, Catharine R. Gale, and Ian J. Deary (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(47), 13366–13371

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Religious identity and economic behavior

Benjamin, Daniel J., James J. Choi, and Geoffrey Fisher (2016). Review of Economics and Statistics, 98(4), 617–637. Lead article

Web Appendix

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Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Okbay, Aysu, Bart M. L. Baselmans, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Patrick Turley, Michel G. Nivard, Mark Alan Fontana, S. Fleur W. Meddens, Richard Karlsson Linnér, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Jaime Derringer, Jacob Gratten, James J. Lee, Jimmy Z. Liu, Ronald de Vlaming, …, Jian Yang, Dalton C. Conley, George Davey Smith, Albert Hofman, Magnus Johannesson, David I. Laibson, Sarah E. Medland, Michelle N. Meyer, Joseph K. Pickrell, Tõnu Esko, Robert F. Krueger, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Philipp D. Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, Meike Bartels, and David Cesarini (2016). Nature Genetics, 48, 624–633. Published online April 18

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Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Okbay, Aysu, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Mark A. Fontana, James J. Lee, Tune H. Pers, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Patrick Turley, Guo-Bo Chen, Valur Emilsson, S. Fleur W. Meddens, Sven Oskarsson, Joseph K. Pickrell, Kevin Thom, Pascal Timshel, Ronald de Vlaming, …, Jian Yang, Magnus Johannesson, Peter M. Visscher, Tõnu Esko, Philipp D. Koellinger, David Cesarini, and Daniel J. Benjamin (2016). Nature, 533, 539–542. Published online May 11

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Comment: A simple alternative to p-values

Benjamin, Daniel J., and James O. Berger (2016). The American Statistician. Published online March 7. Invited comment on “The American Statistical Association Statement on Statistical Significance and p-values”

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Rejection Odds and Rejection Ratios: A Proposal for Statistical Practice in Testing Hypotheses

Bayarri, M. J., Daniel J. Benjamin, James O. Berger, and Thomas M. Sellke (2016). Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 72, 90–103. Invited paper for special issue on “Bayesian hypothesis testing”

Corrigendum

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A Model of Non-Belief in the Law of Large Numbers

Benjamin, Daniel J., Matthew Rabin, and Collin Raymond (2016). Journal of the European Economic Association, 14(2), 515–544

Web Appendix

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The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics

Chabris, Christopher F., James J. Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, and David Laibson (2015). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 304–312

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Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Joshi, Peter K., Tõnu Esko, Hannele Mattsson, …, James F. Wilson (2015). Nature, 523, 459–462

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Polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder predict creativity

Power, Robert A., Stacy Steinberg, Gyda Bjornsdottir, …, Kari Stefansson (2015). Nature Neuroscience, 18, 953–955

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The association between lower educational attainment and depression owing to shared genetic effects? Results in ~25,000 subjects

Peyrot, W. J., S. H. Lee, Y. Milaneschi, …, Social Science Genetic Association Consortium Corporate Collaborator (2015). Molecular Psychiatry, 20, 735–743

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A Theory of Fairness in Labor Markets

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2015). Japanese Economic Review, 66(2), 182–225. Invited paper for special issue on “Normative Economics from the Traditional and Nontraditional Views”

Web AppendixMathematica code

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Distributional Preferences, Reciprocity-Like Behavior, and Efficiency in Bilateral Exchange

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2015). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 7(1), 70–98

Web Appendix

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Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred From Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Alex Rees-Jones (2014). American Economic Review, 104(11), 3498–3528

Web AppendixSurvey Appendix

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Replicability and Robustness of GWAS for Behavioral Traits

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Dalton Conley, Nicholas Eriksson, Tõnu Esko, Sarah E. Medland, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Jian Yang, Jason D. Boardman, Christopher F. Chabris, Christopher T. Dawes, Benjamin W. Domingue, David A. Hinds, Magnus Johannesson, Amy K. Kiefer, David Laibson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Joanna L. Mountain, Sven Oskarsson, Olga Rostapshova, Alexander Teumer, Joyce Y. Tung, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, Philipp D. Koellinger, and the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2014). Psychological Science, 25(11), 1975–1986

Supplementary Online Material

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Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Nichole Szembrot (2014). American Economic Review, 104(9), 2698–2735

Web Appendix

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Common Genetic Variants Associated with Cognitive Performance Identified Using Proxy-Phenotype Method

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Tõnu Esko, Gail Davies, Tune H. Pers, Patrick A. Turley, Beben Benyamin, Christopher F. Chabris, Valur Emilsson, Andrew D. Johnson, James J. Lee, Christiaan de Leeuw, Riccardo E. Marioni, Sarah E. Medland, Michael B. Miller, Olga Rostapshova, Sven J. Van der Lee, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Najaf Amin, Dalton Conley, Jaime Derringer, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Rudolf Fehrmann, Lude Franke, Edward L. Glaeser, Narelle K. Hansell, Caroline Hayward, William G. Iacono, Carla A. Ibrahim-Verbaas, Vincent Jaddoe, Juha Karjalainen, David Laibson, Paul Lichtenstein, David C. Liewald, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nicholas G. Martin, Matt McGue, George McMahon, Nancy L. Pedersen, Steven Pinker, David J. Porteous, Danielle Posthuma, Fernando Rivadeneira, Blair H. Smith, John M. Starr, Henning Tiemeier, Nicholas J. Timpson, Maciej Trzaskowski, André G. Uitterlinden, Frank C. Verhulst, Mary E. Ward, Margaret J. Wright, George Davey Smith, Ian J. Deary, Magnus Johannesson, Robert Plomin, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, and Philipp D. Koellinger (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(38), 13790–13794. Published online September 8

Supplementary information

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Genetic variation associated with differential educational attainment in adults has anticipated associations with school performance in children

Ward, Mary, George McMahon, Beate St Pourcain, David Evans, Cornelius Rietveld, Daniel J. Benjamin, Philipp Koellinger, David Cesarini, Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, George Davey Smith, and Nicholas John Timpson (2014). PLoS One, July 17

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Distinct Loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 Gene Cluster Are Associated With Onset of Regular Smoking

Stephens, Sarah H., Sarah M. Hartz, Nicole R. Hoft, Nancy L. Saccone, Robin C. Corley, …, Victoria L. Stevens, Robert B. Weiss, Peter Kraft, Laura J. Bierut, and Marissa A. Ehringer (2013). Genetic Epidemiology, 37(8), 846–859

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Why Is It Hard to Find Genes that are Associated with Social Science Traits? Theoretical and Empirical Considerations

Chabris, Christopher F., James J. Lee, Daniel J. Benjamin, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Edward L. Glaeser, Gregoire Borst, Steven Pinker, and David I. Laibson (2013). American Journal of Public Health, 103(S1), S152–S166

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Who is “Behavioral”? Cognitive ability and anomalous preferences

Benjamin, Daniel J., Sebastian A. Brown, and Jesse M. Shapiro (2013). Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(6), 1231–1255. Lead article

Web Appendix

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Molecular Genetics and Subjective Well-Being

Rietveld, Cornelius A., David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Philipp D. Koellinger, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Henning Tiemeier, Magnus Johannesson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Robert F. Krueger, and Meike Bartels (2013). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(24), 9692–9697

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GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

Rietveld, Cornelius A., Sarah E. Medland, Jaime Derringer, Jian Yang, Tõnu Esko, Nicolas W. Martin, Harm-Jan Westra, Konstantin Shakhbazov, …, Dalton Conley, George Davey Smith, Lude Franke, Patrick J. F. Groenen, Albert Hofman, Magnus Johannesson, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Robert F. Krueger, David Laibson, Nicholas G. Martin, Michelle N. Meyer, Danielle Posthuma, A. Roy Thurik, Nicholas J. Timpson, André G. Uitterlinden, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, and Philipp D. Koellinger (2013). Science, 340(6139), 1467–1471. Published online May 30

Supplementary informationFAQ

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Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Nichole Szembrot (2013). American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), 103(3), 605–610

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The molecular genetic architecture of self-employment

van der Loos, Matthijs J. H. M., Cornelius A. Rietveld, Niina Eklund, Philipp D. Koellinger, David Cesarini, Fernando Rivadeneira, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Georgina A. Ankra-Badu, Sebastian E. Baumeister, Daniel J. Benjamin, Reiner Biffar, Stefan Blankenberg, Dorret I. Boomsma, …, A. Roy Thurik (2013). PLoS ONE, 8(4), e60542

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Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives

Chabris, Christopher F., Benjamin M. Hebert, Daniel J. Benjamin, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, David Cesarini, Matthijs J. H. M. van der Loos, Magnus Johannesson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Paul Lichtenstein, Craig S. Atwood, Jeremy Freese, Taissa S. Hauser, Robert M. Hauser, Nicholas A. Christakis, and David Laibson (2012). Psychological Science, 23(11), 1314–1323

Supporting Online Material

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What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?

Benjamin, Daniel J., Ori Heffetz, Miles S. Kimball, and Alex Rees-Jones (2012). American Economic Review, 102(5), 2083–2110

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The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics

Benjamin, Daniel J., David Cesarini, Christopher F. Chabris, Edward L. Glaeser, David I. Laibson, Vilmundur Guðnason, Tamara B. Harris, Lenore J. Launer, Shaun Purcell, Albert Vernon Smith, Magnus Johannesson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Nicholas A. Christakis, Craig S. Atwood, Benjamin Hebert, Jeremy Freese, Robert M. Hauser, Taissa S. Hauser, Alexander Grankvist, Christina M. Hultman, and Paul Lichtenstein (2012). Annual Review of Economics, 4, 627–662

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The Genetic Architecture of Economic and Political Preferences

Benjamin, Daniel J., David Cesarini, Matthijs J. H. M. van der Loos, Christopher T. Dawes, Philipp D. Koellinger, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Christopher F. Chabris, Dalton Conley, David I. Laibson, Magnus Johannesson, and Peter M. Visscher (2012). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(21), 8026–8031

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Social identity and preferences

Benjamin, Daniel J., James J. Choi, and A. Joshua Strickland (2010). American Economic Review, 100(4), 1913–1928

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Thin-slice forecasts of gubernatorial elections

Benjamin, Daniel J., and Jesse M. Shapiro (2009). Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(3), 523–536

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Genoeconomics

Benjamin, Daniel J., Christopher F. Chabris, Edward L. Glaeser, Vilmundur Gudnason, Tamara B. Harris, David I. Laibson, Lenore Launer, and Shaun Purcell (2007). In Maxine Weinstein, James W. Vaupel, and Kenneth W. Wachter (eds.), Biosocial Surveys. Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press

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Do 401(k)s Increase Saving? Evidence From Propensity Score Subclassification

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2003). Journal of Public Economics, 87(5–6), 1259–1290

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Effects of Public Image Concerns and Self-Image on Compliance

Rind, Bruce, and Daniel J. Benjamin (1994). Journal of Social Psychology, 134(1), 19–25

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Measuring the Essence of a Good Life

Benjamin, Daniel J., Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz, and Miles S. Kimball (2021). Finance & Development (International Monetary Fund), Winter

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White Paper for NSF Workshop on Genes, Cognition, and Social Behavior

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2010). Presented 28 June 2010

Final Report for the NSF Workshop

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Good Policies for Bad Governments: Behavioral Political Economy

Benjamin, Daniel J., and David I. Laibson (2003). Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Conference on How Humans Behave: Implications for Economics and Economic Policy, Cape Cod, 10 June 2003

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How well do chess masters remember famous chess positions? Implications for theories of spatial expertise

Chabris, Christopher F., Daniel J. Benjamin, and Daniel J. Simons (1998). Presented at the Workshop on Object Perception and Memory, Dallas, 19 November 1998

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Review of Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature Is at Odds with Economics—And Why It Matters by Peter A. Ubel

Benjamin, Daniel J. (2009). Journal of Economic Literature, 47(4), 1154–1156

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