Andrew J. Oswald
Research Fellow
Research Interests
Andrew Oswald is Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science at Warwick University. He has held permanent and visiting posts at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Princeton, Dartmouth, Harvard and Zurich. His doctorate, in 1980 from Oxford, was on the theory of trade union behaviour. He has also worked on wages, unemployment, entrepreneurship, job satisfaction, happiness, and mental health. Andrew’s research lies at the borders between economics, psychology, epidemiology and medicine. He is also involved in research on climate change.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999. From May 2011 until December 2012 he was Visiting Research Fellow and Acting Director of Research at IZA. Since 2024 he has chaired the IZA Network Advisory Panel.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15620
published in: Ecological Economics, 2024, 220, 108184
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15533
published in: Economica, 2023, 90 (357), 65 - 110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14885
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14722
LucÃa Macchia, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 287, 114332
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14632
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2022, 68 (3), 689 - 710
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13660
Adam Nowakowski, Andrew J. Oswald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13221
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11922
Redzo Mujcic, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 198, 103 - 111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11825
published in: Industrial Relations, 2020, 59 (1), 3-39
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11184
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2019, 57 (2), 385 - 402
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11059
published as 'Was Brexit triggered by the old and unhappy? Or by financial feelings?' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 161, 287-302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10959
Aleksandra Katolik, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Die Unternehmung, 2017, 71 (4), 448 - 463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10759
Andrew J. Oswald, Ahmed Tohamy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10717
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, 10 - 17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10183
published in: Industrial Relations, 2018, 57 (4), 611 - 636
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9401
published in: Ecological Economics, 2015,120, 59 - 70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8559
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 419–450
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8300
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (604), 2127-2152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7943
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7942
published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (599), 126 - 142
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7934
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7640
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7033
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (49), 19953-19958
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7024
published in: Economic Journal, 2013, 123 (570), 255-278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7009
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (49), 19949-19952
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5785
published as 'Antidepressants and age: A new form of evidence for U-shaped well-being through life' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 127, 46-58
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5390
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010, 48 (4), 651-669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4755
published in: Experimental Economics, 2012, 15 (1), 1-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4695
published in: Science, 2010, 327 (5965), 576-579
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4645
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (4), 789-822
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4600
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1118-1134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4313
published in: Scientometrics, 2010, 84 (1), 99 - 113
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4010
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 528 - 538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4005
Rosalind S. Hunter, Andrew J. Oswald, Bruce G. Charlton
published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (538), F231 - F251
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3894
published in: Health Economics, 2012, 21, 580-596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3583
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011, 77(3), 265-284
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3344
published in: Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 369-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3159
published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37(S2), S217-S252
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3139
published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, Routledge: 2009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3075
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2008, 66 (8), 1733-49
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2717
published in: Economic Journal, 2007, 117 (521), F441-F459
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2633
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, 218-233
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2560
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27 (6), 1462-1471
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2233
Jonathan Gardner, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (1), 49-60
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2208
Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (5-6), 1061-1077
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2138
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2103
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92 (2), 213-227
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2070
published in: Economica, 2007, 74 (293), 21-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1788
Jonathan Gardner, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (2), 319-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1781
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1601
published in: Australian Economic Review, 2005, 38 (3), 307-319
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1505
published in: Industrial Relations, 2008, 47 (3), 355-389
