2026 Alois Stutzer: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	63	674	605	9	9	251	29612

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Alois Stutzer is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland, focusing primarily on social sciences with significant contributions in sociology, political science, health professions, economics, and social psychology.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including:

Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Migration and Labor Dynamics
Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Media Influence and Politics
Employment and Welfare Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stutzer include:

Power sharing at the local level: evidence on opting-in for non-citizen voting rights, 2020, Constitutional Political Economy
Blood donations and incentives: Evidence from a field experiment, 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalisation behaviour, 2023, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Parental unemployment, social insurance and child well-being across countries, 2022, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Swiss Municipal Data Merger Tool: Open-source Software for the Compilation of Longitudinal Municipal-level Data, 2021, Swiss Political Science Review

Stutzer collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Michaela Slotwinski
Kerstin F. Hansen
Robert H. Frank
Daniel Kahneman
Justin Lin

Their work has appeared most often in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Kyklos
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
European Journal of Political Economy

Stutzer's publications reflect an interdisciplinary approach, integrating political science, economics, and social psychology to address issues related to political participation, migration, social policy, and well-being.

The researcher holds membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

WHAT CAN ECONOMISTS LEARN FROM HAPPINESS RESEARCH

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

4516
Citations
Happiness and economics

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

4395
Citations
Happiness, Economy and Institutions

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

2493
Citations
Happiness and economics, how the economy and institutions affect well-being

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

1937
Citations
The role of income aspirations in individual happiness

Alois Stutzer

1495
Citations
Stress that Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox*

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

1247
Citations
Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

1192
Citations
Latent entrepreneurship across nations

David G. Blanchflower;David G. Blanchflower;Andrew J. Oswald;Alois Stutzer

987
Citations
Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Human Well-Being

Len Berkey;Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

865
Citations
Introducing Procedural Utility: Not Only What, but Also How Matters

Bruno S Frey;Matthias Benz;Alois Stutzer

846
Citations
CALCULATING TRAGEDY: ASSESSING THE COSTS OF TERRORISM

Bruno S. Frey;Simon Luechinger;Alois Stutzer

724
Citations
Is volunteering rewarding in itself

Stephan Meier;Alois Stutzer

686
Citations
The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being

Alois Stutzer;Rafael Lalive

566
Citations
Measuring well-being across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and preliminary findings

Felicia A. Huppert;Nic Marks;Andrew E. Clark;Johannes Siegrist

541
Citations
Happiness Research: State and Prospects

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

410
Citations
Beyond Outcomes: Measuring Procedural Utility

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

384
Citations
What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

370
Citations
The life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods : the case of terrorism

Bruno S. Frey;Simon Luechinger;Alois Stutzer

332
Citations
Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap Between the Public and the Private Sector

Simon Luechinger;Stephan Meier;Alois Stutzer

321
Citations
Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

315
Citations
Does watching TV make us happy

Bruno S. Frey;Christine Benesch;Alois Stutzer

299
Citations
Are voters better informed when they have a larger say in politics? Evidence for the European Union and Switzerland ∗

Matthias Benz;Alois Stutzer

292
Citations
Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being

Alois Stutzer;Bruno S. Frey

288
Citations
What can Economists learn from Happiness Research? Revised Version

Bruno S Frey;Alois Stutzer

4
Citations
HAPPINESS, ECONOMYAND INSTITUTIONS*

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

0
Citations
HAPPINESS, E CONOMY A ND I NSTITUTIONS

Bruno S. Frey;Alois Stutzer

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno S. Frey University of Basel

Lorenz Goette National University of Singapore

Rafael Lalive University of Lausanne

Rainer Winkelmann University of Zurich

Stephan Meier Columbia University

Andrew E. Clark Paris School of Economics

Joar Vittersø University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Felicia A. Huppert University of Sydney

Nattavudh Powdthavee University of Warwick

Christopher K. Hsee University of Chicago

External Links

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