Daniel Jacob Benjamin

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• University of Southern California / Department of Economics (weight: 90%)
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• University of Southern California / Center for Economic and Social Research (weight: 5%)
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• University of Southern California / Department of Economics / Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) (weight: 5%)
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Research profile

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• Social Identity and Preferences
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & A. Joshua Strickland
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:100:y:2010:i:4:p:1913-28)
• What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Alex Rees-Jones
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:102:y:2012:i:5:p:2083-2110)
• Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Nichole Szembrot
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:103:y:2013:i:3:p:605-10)
• Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Alex Rees-Jones
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:11:p:3498-3528)
• Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Nichole Szembrot
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:9:p:2698-2735)
• Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index
  American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen B. Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles Kimball
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aecrev:v:107:y:2017:i:5:p:81-85)
• Distributional Preferences, Reciprocity-Like Behavior, and Efficiency in Bilateral Exchange
  American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association (2015)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin
  (ReDIF-article, aea:aejmic:v:7:y:2015:i:1:p:70-98)
• A Well-Being Snapshot in a Changing World
  AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2019)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen B. Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles Kimball
  (ReDIF-article, aea:apandp:v:109:y:2019:p:344-49)
• The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
  Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2012)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & David Cesarini & Christopher F. Chabris & Edward L. Glaeser & David I. Laibson & Vilmundur Guðnason & Tamara B. Harris & Lenore J. Launer & Shaun Purcell & Albert Vernon Smith & M
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reveco:v:4:y:2012:p:627-662)
• Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: Theoretical and empirical considerations
  American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association (2013)
  by Chabris, C.F. & Lee, J.J. & Benjamin, D.J. & Beauchamp, J.P. & Glaeser, E.L. & Borst, G. & Pinker, S. & Laibson, D.I.
  (ReDIF-article, aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301327_0)
• Erratum: Why it is hard to find genes associated with social science traits: Theoretical and empirical considerations (American Journal of Public Health (2013) 103 (S152-S166))
  American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association (2014)
  by Chabris, C.F. & Lee, J.J. & Benjamin, D.J.
  (ReDIF-article, aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301327e_3)
• A Theory of Fairness in Labour Markets
  The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association (2015)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jecrev:v:66:y:2015:i:2:p:182-225)
• Who Is ‘Behavioral’? Cognitive Ability And Anomalous Preferences
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Sebastian A. Brown & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jeurec:v:11:y:2013:i:6:p:1231-1255)
• A Model Of Nonbelief In The Law Of Large Numbers
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2016)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Matthew Rabin & Collin Raymond
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jeurec:v:14:y:2016:i:2:p:515-544)
• Molecular Genetics and Subjective Well-Being
  CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE (2013)
  by Meike Bartels & Daniel J. Benjamin & David Cesarini & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve & Magnus Johannesson & Philipp D. Koellinger & Robert F. Krueger & Patrik K. E. Magnusson & Nancy L. Pedersen & Cornelius A.
  (ReDIF-paper, cep:cepdps:dp1225)
• Who is “Behavioral”? Cognitive Ability and Anomalous Preferences
  Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (2006)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Sebastian A. Brown & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, cla:levarc:122247000000001334)
• Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments
  GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2018)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Don A. Moore & Matthew Rabin
  (ReDIF-paper, cth:wpaper:gru_2018_014)
• Errors in Probabilistic Reasoning and Judgment Biases
  GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2018)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin
  (ReDIF-paper, cth:wpaper:gru_2018_023)
• Reconsidering Risk Aversion
  GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2020)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Mark Alan Fontana & Miles Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, cth:wpaper:gru_2020_026)
• What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
  GRU Working Paper Series, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics and Finance, Global Research Unit (2021)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Jakina Debnam Guzman & Marc Fleurbaey & Ori Heffetz & Miles Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, cth:wpaper:gru_2021_002)
• Predicting mid-life capital formation with pre-school delay of gratification and life-course measures of self-regulation
  Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020)
  by Benjamin, Daniel J. & Laibson, David & Mischel, Walter & Peake, Philip K. & Shoda, Yuichi & Wellsjo, Alexandra Steiny & Wilson, Nicole L.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeborg:v:179:y:2020:i:c:p:743-756)
• Does 401(k) eligibility increase saving?: Evidence from propensity score subclassification
  Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2003)
  by Benjamin, Daniel J.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:pubeco:v:87:y:2003:i:5-6:p:1259-1290)
• Redefine Statistical Significance
  Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2017)
  by Daniel Benjamin & James Berger & Magnus Johannesson & Brian Nosek & E. Wagenmakers & Richard Berk & Kenneth Bollen & Bjorn Brembs & Lawrence Brown & Colin Camerer & David Cesarini & Christopher Chambe
  (ReDIF-paper, feb:artefa:00612)
• Good policies for bad governments: behavioral political economy
  Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2003)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & David I. Laibson
  (ReDIF-article, fip:fedbcp:y:2003:i:jun:n:48:x:4)
• Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment
  Post-Print, HAL (2016)
  by David A. Bennett & Klaus Berger & Lars Bertram & Hans Bisgaard & Dorret I. Boomsma & Ingrid B. Borecki & Ute Bültmann & Christopher F. Chabris & Francesco Cucca & Daniele Cusi & Ian J. Deary & George
  (ReDIF-paper, hal:journl:hal-02017372)
• Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses
  Post-Print, HAL (2016)
  by 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 &
  (ReDIF-paper, hal:journl:hal-02017373)
• Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over one million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences
  Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018)
  by Richard Karlsson Linnér & Pietro Biroli & Edward Kong & S. Fleur W. Meddens & Robee Wedow & Mark Alan Fontana & Maël Lebreton & Abdel Abdellaoui & Anke R. Hammerschlag & Michel G. Nivard & Aysu Okba
  (ReDIF-paper, hka:wpaper:2018-087)
• The Genetic Architecture of Economic and Political Preferences
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2012)
  by van der Loos, Matthijs J. H. M. & Benjamin, Daniel J. & Cesarini, David & Dawes, Christopher T. & Koellinger, Philipp D. & Magnusson, Patrik K. E. & Chabris, Christopher F. & Conley, Dalton & Laibson,
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:10121961)
• The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2012)
  by Grankvist, Alexander & Benjamin, Daniel J. & Harris, Tamara B. & Launer, Lenore J. & Smith, Albert Vernon & Johannesson, Magnus & Atwood, Craig S. & Hebert, Benjamin Michael & Hultman, Christina M. &
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:10137000)
• Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2013)
  by Lee, James & Borst, Gregoire & Chabris, Christopher F. & Benjamin, Daniel J. & Beauchamp, Jonathan P. & Glaeser, Edward Ludwig & Pinker, Steven & Laibson, David I.
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:12410512)
• GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2013)
  by Hastie, Nicholas D. & van der Loos, Matthijs J. H. M. & Vitart, Veronique & Völzke, Henry & Wellmann, Jürgen & Yu, Lei & Zhao, Wei & Allik, Jüri & Attia, John R. & Bandinelli, Stefania & Bastardot,
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:13383543)
• Most Reported Genetic Associations with General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives
  Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2012)
  by Beauchamp, Jonathan P. & Christakis, Nicholas Alexander & Hauser, Robert M. & Laibson, David I. & Benjamin, Daniel J. & Johannesson, Magnus & Atwood, Craig S. & Freese, Jeremy & Hauser, Taissa S. & Ch
  (ReDIF-paper, hrv:faseco:9938142)
• Measuring and controlling for the compromise effect when estimating risk preference parameters
  Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association (2020)
  by Jonathan P. Beauchamp & Daniel J. Benjamin & David I. Laibson & Christopher F. Chabris
  (ReDIF-article, kap:expeco:v:23:y:2020:i:4:d:10.1007_s10683-019-09640-z)
• The relationship between the normalized gradient addition mechanism and quadratic voting
  Public Choice, Springer (2017)
  by Daniel Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles Kimball & Derek Lougee
  (ReDIF-article, kap:pubcho:v:172:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s11127-017-0414-3)
• Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:12660)
• Social Identity and Preferences
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & A. Joshua Strickland
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:13309)
• Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & Geoffrey W. Fisher
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:15925)
• Do People Seek to Maximize Happiness? Evidence from New Surveys
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Alex Rees-Jones
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:16489)
• Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction: Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Nichole Szembrot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18374)
• Aggregating Local Preferences to Guide Marginal Policy Adjustments
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Nichole Szembrot
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18787)
• Can Marginal Rates of Substitution Be Inferred from Happiness Data? Evidence from Residency Choices
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Alex Rees-Jones
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:18927)
• Controlling for the Compromise Effect Debiases Estimates of Risk Preference Parameters
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015)
  by Jonathan P. Beauchamp & Daniel J. Benjamin & Christopher F. Chabris & David I. Laibson
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:21792)
• Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23111)
• Biased Beliefs About Random Samples: Evidence from Two Integrated Experiments
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Don A. Moore & Matthew Rabin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:23927)
• Errors in Probabilistic Reasoning and Judgment Biases
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:25200)
• Reconsidering Risk Aversion
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Mark Alan Fontana & Miles S. Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28007)
• What Do Happiness Data Mean? Theory and Survey Evidence
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Jakina Debnam Guzman & Marc Fleurbaey & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:28438)
• From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31727)
• Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Kristen Cooper & Ori Heffetz & Miles S. Kimball & Jiannan Zhou
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:31728)
• Social-Science Genomics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & David Cesarini & Patrick Turley & Alexander Strudwick Young
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:32404)
• Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)
  SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2021)
  by Alipourfard, Nazanin & Arendt, Beatrix & Benjamin, Daniel Jacob & Benkler, Noam & Bishop, Michael Metcalf & Burstein, Mark & Bush, Martin & Caverlee, James & Chen, Yiling & Clark, Chae
  (ReDIF-paper, osf:socarx:46mnb)
• A Model of Nonbelief in the Law of Large Numbers
  Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2016)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Matthew Rabin & Collin Raymond
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jeurec:v:14:y:2016:i:2:p:515-544.)
• A Model of Non-Belief in the Law of Large Numbers
  Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2013)
  by Collin Raymond & Daniel J. Benjamin & Matthew Rabin
  (ReDIF-paper, oxf:wpaper:672)
• The Molecular Genetic Architecture of Self-Employment
  PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2013)
  by Matthijs J H M van der Loos & Cornelius A Rietveld & Niina Eklund & Philipp D Koellinger & Fernando Rivadeneira & Gonçalo R Abecasis & Georgina A Ankra-Badu & Sebastian E Baumeister & Daniel J Benjami
  (ReDIF-article, plo:pone00:0060542)
• Three Recommendations for Improving the Use of p-Values
  The American Statistician, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & James O. Berger
  (ReDIF-article, taf:amstat:v:73:y:2019:i:s1:p:186-191)
• Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2009)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & Jesse M. Shapiro
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:91:y:2009:i:3:p:523-536)
• Religious Identity and Economic Behavior
  The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016)
  by Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & Geoffrey Fisher
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:restat:v:98:y:2016:i:4:p:617-637)