Christian Krekel

Selected Work in Progress

  • Oparina, E. ⓡ ⓡ Srisuma, S. (). Talking therapy: Impacts of a nationwide mental health service (CEP Discussion Paper No. 1982). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science. (Author order randomised, denoted by ⓡ).
  • , & MacKerron, G. (). Back to Edgeworth? Estimating the value of time using hedonic experiences (CEP Discussion Paper No. 1932). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • , Rode, J., & Roth, A. (). Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts? (CEP Discussion Paper No. 1950). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Santos, I. ⓡ Petroska-Beska, V. ⓡ Carneiro, P. ⓡ Eskreis-Winkler, L. ⓡ Munoz-Boudet, A. ⓡ Berniell, I. ⓡ , Arias, O., & Duckworth, A. (). Can grit be taught? Lessons from a nationwide field experiment with middle-school students (CEP Discussion Paper No. 1878). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science. (First seven authors listed in randomised order, denoted by ⓡ; remaining authors in standard order).

Journal Articles – Economics

  • , , & (). The value of a park in crises: Quantifying the health and wellbeing benefits of green spaces using exogenous variations in use values. Journal of Health Economics, 107, Article 103123.
  • , Kavetsos, G., & Ziebarth, N. (). Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours? Social Science & Medicine. Advance online publication.
  • , Shreedhar, G., Lee, H., Marshall, C., Boler, A., Smith, A., & Dolan, P. (). Happy to help: Welfare effects of a nationwide volunteering programme. Review of Economics and Statistics. Advance online publication. Link
  • Frijters, P., , & Ulker, A. (). Should bads be inflicted all at once, like Machiavelli said? Evidence from life-satisfaction data. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 205, 1–27. Link
  • Bertram, C., Goebel, J., , & Rehdanz, K. (). Urban land use fragmentation and human well-being. Land Economics, 98(2), 399–420. Link
  • , De Neve, J.-E., Fancourt, D., & Layard, R. (). A local community course that raises wellbeing and pro-sociality: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 188, 322–336. Link
  • Dolan, P., Kavetsos, G., , Mavridis, D., Metcalfe, R., Senik, C., Szymanski, S., & Ziebarth, N. (). Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data. Journal of Public Economics, 177, 1–14. Link
  • , & Zerrahn, A. (). Does the presence of wind turbines have negative externalities for people in their surroundings? Evidence from well-being data. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 82, 221–238. Link
  • , Kolbe, J., & Wüstemann, H. (). The greener, the happier? The effect of urban land use on residential well-being. Ecological Economics, 121, 117–127. Link
  • Goebel, J., , Tiefenbach, T., & Ziebarth, N. (). How natural disasters can affect environmental concerns, risk aversion, and even politics: Evidence from Fukushima and three European countries. Journal of Population Economics, 28(4), 1137–1180. Link

Journal Articles – Psychological and Behavioural Science

  • Mallock, N., & (). Proximity to settlements in the West Bank shifts protest behaviour towards higher-risk engagement and raises perceived relative deprivation. Political Psychology. Advance online publication. Link
  • Kavetsos, G., , & Melios, G. (). "Not as bad as I thought": Economic attitudes and motivated reasoning in coalition governments. Political Psychology. Advance online publication. Link
  • Mascherek, A., Düzel, S., Eibich, P., , Goebel, J., Gallinat, J., Wagner, G., Lindenberger, U., & Kühn, S. (). Working memory and fluid intelligence are differentially related to categories of urban fabric in older adults: Results from the Berlin aging study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, Article 102224. Link
  • , Swanke, S., De Neve, J.-E., & Fancourt, D. (). Happiness predicts compliance with preventive health behaviours during Covid-19 lockdowns. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 7989. Link
  • Drewelies, J., Eibich, P., Düzel, S., Kühn, S., , Goebel, J., Kolbe, J., Demuth, I., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G., & Gerstorf, D. (). Location, location, location: The role of objective neighborhood characteristics for perceptions of control. Gerontology, 68(2), 214–223. Link
  • Kühn, S., Düzel, S., Mascherek, A., Eibich, P., , Kolbe, J., Goebel, J., Gallinat, J., Wagner, G., & Lindenberger, U. (). Urban green is more than the absence of city: Structural and functional neural basis of urbanicity and green space in the neighbourhood of older adults. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, Article 104196. Link
  • Kühn, S., Düzel, S., Eibich, P., , Wüstemann, H., Kolbe, J., Martensson, J., Goebel, J., Gallinat, J., Wagner, G., & Lindenberger, U. (). In search of features that constitute an "enriched environment" in humans: Associations between geographical properties and brain structure. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 11920. Link
  • Eibich, P., , Demuth, I., & Wagner, G. (). Associations between neighborhood characteristics, well-being and health vary over the life course. Gerontology, 62(3), 362–370. Link

Journal Articles – Public Policy

  • Venkatesh, S., Skarda, I., Villadsen, A., Asaria, M., Boehnke, J. R., Brennan, A., , Mon-Williams, M., Ploubidis, G., Tiffin, P. A., & Cookson, R. (). LifeSim childhood: Extrapolating intervention effects and public cost savings from birth to adolescence in the UK. International Journal of Microsimulation. Link
  • Frijters, P., , Sanchis, R., & Santini, Z. (). The WELLBY: A new measure of social value and progress. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11, Article 736. Link
  • Dolan, P., , & Swanke, S. (). Affective paternalism. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. Link
  • Cooper, K., Fabian, M., & (). New approaches to measuring welfare. Fiscal Studies, 44(2), 123–135. Link
  • De Neve, J.-E., Clark, A., , Layard, R., & O’Donnell, G. (). Taking a wellbeing years approach to policy choice. BMJ, 371, Article m3853. Link
  • Frijters, P., Clark, A., , & Layard, R. (). A happy choice: Wellbeing as the goal of government. Behavioural Public Policy, 4(2), 126–165. Link
  • Frijters, P., Clark, A., , & Layard, R. (). A happy choice: A response to the responses. Behavioural Public Policy, 4(2), 263–271. Link

Books

  • Frayman, D., , Layard, R., MacLennan, S., & Parkes, I. (). Value for money: The new cost-benefit analysis targeting people’s wellbeing. Cambridge University Press.
  • Frijters, P., & (). A handbook for wellbeing policy-making. Oxford University Press. Link

Book Chapters

  • , & Prati, A. (). Linking subjective wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour: A multidimensional approach. In S. Cloutier, S. El-Sayed, A. Ross, & M. Weaver (Eds.), Linking sustainability and happiness: Theory and applied perspectives (pp. 175–201). Springer. Link
  • (). Valuing renewable energy infrastructure externalities monetarily using wellbeing data: The case of wind turbines. In D. Maddison, K. Rehdanz, & H. Welsch (Eds.), Handbook on wellbeing, happiness and the environment (pp. 297–317). Edward Elgar. Link
  • , & Kolbe, J. (). New ways of valuing ecosystem services: Big data, machine learning, and the value of urban green spaces. In M. Ruth (Ed.), Research agenda for environmental economics (pp. 159–183). Edward Elgar. Link
  • , Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E. (). What makes for a good job? Evidence using subjective wellbeing data. In M. Rojas (Ed.), The economics of happiness (pp. 241–268). Springer. Link

Policy Reports

  • Frayman, D., , Layard, R., MacLennan, S., & Parkes, I. (). Value for money: How to improve wellbeing and reduce misery (CEP Report). Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science. Link
  • Dolan, P., Layard, R., O’Donnell, G., Delaney, L., , Sanders, J., Blanco-Jimenez, C., Laffan, K., Kavetsos, G., & Kudrna, L. (). Shaping the post-Covid world: Moving towards wellbeing over the lifetime as the unit of analysis in policy (LSE Covid-19 Report). London School of Economics and Political Science. Link
  • Anand, P., Blanchflower, D., Bovens, L., De Neve, J.-E., Graham, C., Nolan, B., , & Thoma, J. (). Post-Covid 19 economic development and policy: Submitted as recommendations to the Scottish Economic Recovery Group (LSE Covid-19 Report). London School of Economics and Political Science. Link
  • De Neve, J.-E., & (). Cities and happiness: A global ranking and analysis. In J. Helliwell, R. Layard, J. Sachs, & J.-E. De Neve (Eds.), World Happiness Report (pp. 46–65). UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Link
  • , & MacKerron, G. (). How environmental quality affects our happiness. In J. Helliwell, R. Layard, J. Sachs, & J.-E. De Neve (Eds.), World Happiness Report (pp. 94–111). UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Link
  • , Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E. (). Employee well-being, productivity, and firm performance: Evidence and case studies. In J. Sachs (Ed.), Global Happiness and Well-Being Policy Report (pp. 72–93). UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Link
  • , Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E. (). Work and well-being: A global perspective. In J. Sachs (Ed.), Global Happiness and Well-Being Policy Report (pp. 74–111). UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Link
  • Bott, D., Escamilia, H., Kaufman, S., Kern, M., , Schlicht-Schmälzle, R., Seldon, A., Seligman, M., & White, M. (). The state of positive education. International Positive Education Network. Link

Encyclopaedia Entries

  • Frijters, P., & (). WELLBY. In S.-H. Chuah, R. Hoffmann, & A. Neelim (Eds.), Elgar encyclopaedia of behavioural and experimental economics (pp. 408–410). Edward Elgar. Link
  • Bellaunay, R., Prati, A., & (). Money and happiness. In H. Brockmann & R. Fernandez-Urbano (Eds.), Encyclopedia of happiness, quality of life and subjective wellbeing (pp. 139–146). Edward Elgar. Link
  • (). Impairment. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of ecological economics (p. 282). Edward Elgar. Link
  • (). Life satisfaction. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of ecological economics (pp. 325–326). Edward Elgar. Link
  • (). Subjective wellbeing. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of ecological economics (pp. 513–514). Edward Elgar. Link

Magazine Articles

  • (). Why we need: Parks. CEP CentrePiece, 716. Link
  • Frayman, D., , Layard, R., MacLennan, S., & Parkes, I. (). Spending public money to create happier lives. CEP CentrePiece, 687. Link
  • , Layard, R., Frayman, D., & MacLennan, S. (). Placing wellbeing at the centre of government decision-making. LSE Research for the World Magazine. Link
  • , & MacKerron, G. (). How much is your time worth? CEP CentrePiece, 675. Link
  • Krekel, C. (). Using people’s feelings of happiness to make better policy decisions. LSE Research for the World Magazine. Link
  • (). Happy to help: NHS volunteering in Covid-19 times. CEP CentrePiece, 617. Link
  • (). Is Tokyo 2020 worth it? CEP CentrePiece, 596. Link
  • , De Neve, J.-E., Fancourt, D., & Layard, R. (). Happier lives: Exploring what matters. CEP CentrePiece, 588. Link
  • , Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E. (). Employee wellbeing: The impact on productivity and firm performance. CEP CentrePiece, 556. Link

Blog Entries

  • (). What is the value of a park? LSE European Politics and Policy. Link
  • , MacKerron, G., & Stead, I. (). Using people’s feelings to value time. LSE British Politics and Policy. Link
  • Oparina, E., , & Srisuma, S. (). Mental health at scale. IZA World of Labor. Link
  • , & MacKerron, G. (). How much is your time worth? LSE Business Review. Link
  • , & MacKerron, G. (). Using people’s feelings to value time. What Works Centre for Wellbeing. Link
  • (). Book launch – A handbook for wellbeing policy-making. What Works Centre for Wellbeing. Link
  • Dolan, P., & (). How should we measure the impact of Covid-19 policies on our wellbeing? Economics Observatory. Link
  • Dolan, P., , Shreedhar, G., Lee, H., Marshall, C., & Smith, A. (). Happy to help: How a UK micro-volunteering programme increased people’s wellbeing. LSE Covid-19 Blog. Link
  • Dolan, P., & (). Don’t let fears about the Indian variant stop us thinking rationally about risk. LSE Covid-19 Blog. Link
  • Blanco-Jimenez, C., Delaney, L., Dolan, P., Kavetsos, G., , Kudrna, L., Laffan, K., Layard, R., O’Donnell, G., & Sanders, J. (). How a focus on wellbeing can help us make better policy decisions. LSE Covid-19 Blog. Link
  • , Swanke, S., De Neve, J.-E., & Fancourt, D. (). Are happier people more compliant? Evidence from lockdowns. LSE Covid-19 Blog. Link
  • Clark, A., De Neve, J.-E., , Layard, R., & O’Donnell, G. (). Taking a wellbeing-years approach to policy choice. BMJ Opinion Blog. Link
  • , Ward, G., & De Neve, J.-E. (). Employee wellbeing, productivity, and firm performance: Evidence from 1.8 million employees. VoxEU. Link