Andrew Oswald,
Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science
Andrew Oswald is a Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at the University of Warwick. His research is principally in applied economics and quantitative social science. It currently includes work on the COVID-19 crisis and health economics. In more normal times Andrew Oswald also works on the empirical study of job satisfaction, human happiness, mental health, unemployment, labour productivity, and the influence of diet on psychological well-being. He serves on the board of editors of Science. Previously at Oxford and the London School of Economics, with spells as Lecturer, Princeton University (1983-4); De Walt Ankeny Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College (1989-91); Jacob Wertheim Fellow, Harvard University (2005); Visiting Fellow, Cornell University (2008); Research Director, IZA Bonn (2011-12); Visiting Fellow, University of Zurich (2016); Visiting Fellow, Yale University (2016). He is an ISI Highly-Cited Researcher.
I am a supporter of the San Francisco Declaration, recently agreed by a large group of editors and scientists, which is that "journal impact factors should not be used as a surrogate measure of the quality of individual research articles, to assess an individual scientist's contributions, or in hiring, promotion, or funding decisions." PDF here
Latest papers below
"Age-Based Policy in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic: How Common are Multi-Generational Households?."
with Thijs Van Rens, November 2020.

"It's time for cost-benefit analysis of restrictions."
Lead letter Financial Times, November 3rd 2020.
"Do Europeans Care about Climate Change? An Illustration of the Importance of Data on Human Feelings."
with Adam Nowakowski, September 2020.
"Trends in Extreme Distress in the USA, 1993-2019" (Abstract)
with David G. Blanchflower, Forthcoming in the American Journal of Public Health, September 2020.
"A Graph of Extreme Distress Through Time in the USA"
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"Individual COVID-19 fatality risk (and the consequences for universities)"
with Nattavudh Powdthavee, 06 June 2020.