2026 Paul Dolan: 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	70	455	406	49	45	211	31436

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Paul Dolan is a researcher affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several fields, primarily focusing on psychology and social sciences, with substantial contributions to subfields including social psychology, general health professions, applied psychology, sociology and political science, and health.

Their research addresses core topics such as psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, behavioral health and interventions, optimism, hope, and well-being, social and intergroup psychology, employment and welfare studies, and mental health research topics.

Paul Dolan has published in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

Frontiers in Psychology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Personality and Individual Differences
Behavioural Public Policy

The scholar has collaborated recurrently with several co-authors, including Laura Kudrna, Amanda Henwood, Kate Laffan, Ara Darzi, and Ivo Vlaev.

Some recent publications include:

"You Must Stay at Home! The Impact of Commands on Behaviors During COVID-19" (2021) published in Social Psychological and Personality Science
"Climbing up ladders and sliding down snakes: an empirical assessment of the effect of social mobility on subjective wellbeing" (2020) published in Review of Economics of the Household
"Moments of Meaningfulness and Meaninglessness: A Qualitative Inquiry Into Affective Eudaimonia at Work" (2021) published in Group & Organization Management
"The dark side of belief in Covid-19 scientists and scientific evidence" (2022) published in Personality and Individual Differences
"The Welleye: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding and Promoting Wellbeing" (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology

In addition to journal articles, Paul Dolan has authored books including "Wellbeing: Alternative Policy Perspectives" (2022) published by LSE Press.

Best Publications

Modeling Valuations for EuroQol Health States

Paul Dolan

6721
Citations
Do we really know what makes us happy? A review of the economic literature on the factors associated with subjective well-being

Paul Dolan;Tessa Peasgood;Mathew White

4119
Citations
Variations in population health status: results from a United Kingdom national questionnaire survey.

Paul Kind;Paul Dolan;Claire Gudex;Alan Williams

1334
Citations
Influencing behaviour: The mindspace way

Paul Dolan;Michael Hallsworth;David Halpern;D. King

885
Citations
MINDSPACE: influencing behaviour for public policy

Paul Dolan;Michael Hallsworth;David Halpern;Dominic King

865
Citations
The time trade-off method: results from a general population study.

Paul Dolan;Claire Gudex;Paul Kind;Alan Williams

848
Citations
A social tariff for EuroQol: results from a UK general population survey

Paul Dolan;Claire Gudex;Paul Kind;Alan Williams

669
Citations
A single European currency for EQ-5D health states. Results from a six-country study.

Wolfgang Greiner;Tom Weijnen;Martin Nieuwenhuizen;Siem Oppe

636
Citations
INTERPRETATIONS OF UTILITY AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE VALUATION OF HEALTH

Paul Dolan;Daniel Kahneman

630
Citations
How Can Measures of Subjective Well-Being Be Used to Inform Public Policy?:

Paul Dolan;Mathew P. White

553
Citations
QALY maximisation and people's preferences: a methodological review of the literature.

Paul Dolan;Rebecca Shaw;Aki Tsuchiya;Alan Williams

523
Citations
Valuing health states: a comparison of methods.

Paul Dolan;Claire Gudex;Paul Kind;Alan Williams

443
Citations
"It's driving her mad": Gender differences in the effects of commuting on psychological health.

Jennifer Roberts;Robert Hodgson;Paul Dolan

434
Citations
Accounting for the Richness of Daily Activities

Mathew P. White;Paul Dolan

424
Citations
Measuring Subjective Wellbeing: Recommendations on Measures for use by National Governments

Paul Dolan;Robert Metcalfe

416
Citations
The measurement of health-related quality of life for use in resource allocation decisions in health care

Paul Dolan

390
Citations
Principles of justice in health care rationing

Richard Cookson;Paul Dolan

360
Citations
The cost of treating osteoporotic fractures in the United Kingdom female population.

Paul Dolan;D. J. Torgerson

350
Citations
Effect of discussion and deliberation on the public's views of priority setting in health care: focus group study.

Paul Dolan;Richard Cookson;Brian Ferguson

346
Citations
What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults:

Norma Daykin;Louise Mansfield;Catherine Meads;Guy Julier

341
Citations
Measuring subjective well-being for public policy

Paul Dolan;Richard Layard;Robert Metcalfe

307
Citations
The measurement of individual utility and social welfare.

Paul Dolan

303
Citations
Like ripples on a pond: behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy

Paul Dolan;Matteo Galizzi

289
Citations
Health state valuations from the general public using the visual analogue scale

Claire Gudex;Paul Dolan;Paul Kind;Alan Williams

287
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aki Tsuchiya University of Sheffield

John Brazier University of Sheffield

Nancy Devlin University of Melbourne

John Cairns London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Donna Rowen University of Sheffield

Paul Kind University of Leeds

Jan Abel Olsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Alan Williams University of York

Claudia Senik Paris School of Economics

Jennifer Roberts University of Sheffield

External Links

Personal website of Paul Dolan Google Scholar page

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