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Andrew E. Clark

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Paris School of Economics

Andrew.Clark@ens.fr

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applied microeconomics cigarette consumption drug markets job and life satisfaction data job quality modelling the utility function social interactions social learning

Andrew Clark is a CNRS Research Professor at the Paris School of Economics (PSE). He previously held posts at Dartmouth, Essex, CEPREMAP, DELTA, the OECD and the University of Orléans.

His work has largely focussed on the interface between psychology, sociology and economics; in particular, using job and life satisfaction scores, and other psychological indices, as proxy measures of utility. The broad area is social interactions and social learning.

One research field has been that of relative utility or comparisons (to others like you, to others in the same household, and to yourself in the past), finding evidence of such comparisons with respect to both income and unemployment. This work has spilled over into theoretical and empirical work on evidence for and the implications of following behaviour and learning from others' actions. Recent work has involved collaboration with psychologists to map out habituation to life events (such as job loss, marriage, and divorce) using long-run panel data. In addition, direct measures of utility allow direct tests of popular models of the labour market. In this spirit, his work has looked at unemployment, quits, and labour market rents.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2004.

IZA Publications

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IZA Discussion Papers World of Labour Articles

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18760

The Intergenerational Correlation of Subjective Well-Being

Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur

forthcoming in: Journal of Wellbeing Economics, 2026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18662

The Easterlin Paradox at 50

Ekaterina Oparina, Andrew E. Clark, Richard Layard

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17355

Return-to-Office Mandates, Health and Well-Being: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Chiara Costi, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur, Giorgia Menta

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17223

Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Five European Countries

Anthony Lepinteur, Alessio Rebechi, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Nicholas Rohde, Claus Vögele

published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2024, 55, 101427

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17068

I Can't Forget about U: Lifetime Unemployment and Retirement Well-Being

Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur

published in: Economica, 2025, 92, 1083-1100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17038

Unsettled: Job Insecurity Reduces Home-Ownership

Anthony Lepinteur, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio

forthcoming in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2026

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16704

Taking Back Control? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Retirement on Locus of Control

Andrew E. Clark, Rong Zhu

published in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134, 1465–1493

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16680

Healthcare Workers and Life Satisfaction during the Pandemic

Chiara Costi, Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur, Conchita D'Ambrosio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16597

Twenty Years of Job Quality in OECD Countries: More Good News?

Andrew E. Clark, Michal Kozák

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16290

Are the Upwardly-Mobile More Left-Wing?

Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan

published in: Economica, 2026, 93 (372),1356-1391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16084

Risk Aversion and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Anthony Lepinteur, Liyousew G. Borga, Andrew E. Clark, Claus Vögele, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: Health Economics, 2023, 32, 1659-1669

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15798

Maternal Genetic Risk for Depression and Child Human Capital

Giorgia Menta, Anthony Lepinteur, Andrew E. Clark, Simone Ghislandi, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, 102718

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15715

Teleworking and Life Satisfaction during COVID-19: The Importance of Family Structure

Claudia Senik, Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur, Carsten Schröder

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2024, 37 (1), Article 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15654

Marriage as Insurance: Job Protection and Job Insecurity in France

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Anthony Lepinteur

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21 (4), 1157-1190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15653

Gender, Loneliness and Happiness during COVID-19

Anthony Lepinteur, Andrew E. Clark, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Alan Piper, Carsten Schröder, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2022, 101, 101952

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15360

Occupational Status and Life Satisfaction in the UK: The Miserable Middle?

Yannis Georgellis, Andrew E. Clark, Emmanuel Apergis, Catherine Robinson

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 204, 509-527

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15279

The Full Returns to the Choice of Occupation and Education

Andrew E. Clark, Maria Cotofan, Richard Layard

published as 'Do wages underestimate the inequality in workers’ rewards? The joint distribution of job quality and wages across occupations' in: Economica, 2024, 91 (362), 497-546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15268

Do Individuals Adapt to All Types of Housing Transitions?

Andrew E. Clark, Luis Diaz-Serrano

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2023, 21 (2), 645–672

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14706

Footsie, Yeah! Share Prices and Worker Wellbeing

Alex Bryson, Andrew E. Clark, Colin P. Green

published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2022, 4 (3), 197-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13204

COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends

Abel Brodeur, Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, 104346

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13186

When to Release the Lockdown? A Wellbeing Framework for Analysing Costs and Benefits

Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Christian Krekel, Daisy Fancourt, Nancy Hey, Gus O'Donnell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13144

A Natural Experiment on Job Insecurity and Fertility in France

Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104, 386-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12720

A Happy Choice: Wellbeing as the Goal of Government

Paul Frijters, Andrew E. Clark, Christian Krekel, Richard Layard

published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4(2), 126–165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12430

The Causes and Consequences of Early-Adult Unemployment: Evidence from Cohort Data

Andrew E. Clark, Anthony Lepinteur

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 166, 107-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11318

Unfairness at Work: Well-Being and Quits

Conchita D'Ambrosio, Andrew E. Clark, Marta Barazzetta

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 307-316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11206

Who Got the Brexit Blues? Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Anke C. Plagnol, Paul Frijters, Andrew E. Clark

published in: Economica, 2019, 86 (343), 471-494

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11135

Early-Life Correlates of Later-Life Well-Being: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Andrew E. Clark, Tom Lee

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 181, 360-368

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9882

Individual Well-Being and the Allocation of Time Before and After the Boston Marathon Terrorist Bombing

Andrew E. Clark, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

heavily revised version, with Orla Doyle, published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (631), 2065–2104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9880

Happy People Have Children: Choice and Self-Selection into Parenthood

Sophie Cetre, Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: European Journal of Population, 2016, 32, 445-473

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9189

When Experienced and Decision Utility Concur: The Case of Income Comparisons

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik, Katsunori Yamada

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 70, 1-9

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8724

Share Capitalism and Worker Wellbeing

Alex Bryson, Andrew E. Clark, Richard B. Freeman, Colin P. Green

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 151-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8656

Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Simone Ghislandi

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98 (3), 591–600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8136

Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (Eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2A, 2015, 1147-1208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7682

What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being

Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, James Vernoit

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F720- F738

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6761

The Great Happiness Moderation

Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Claudia Senik

published in: Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik (Eds.), Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 22-139

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6426

Back to Baseline in Britain: Adaptation in the BHPS

Andrew E. Clark, Yannis Georgellis

published in: Economica, 2013, 80 (319), 496–512

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5966

Happiness, Habits and High Rank: Comparisons in Economic and Social Life

Andrew E. Clark

published in: Stefano Bartolini, Ennio Bilancini, Luigino Bruni, and Pier-Luigi Porta (Eds.), Policies for Happiness, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, 62-94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5595

Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Robert Peccoud (Ed.), Measure For Measure: How Well Do We Measure Development?, Paris: STIN, 2011, 99-176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4994

Public Employment and Political Pressure: The Case of French Hospitals

Andrew E. Clark, Carine Milcent

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (5), 1103-1112

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4730

Winning Big but Feeling No Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health

Bénédicte Apouey, Andrew E. Clark

published in: Health Economics, 2015, 24 (5), 516-538

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414

Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4210

Boon or Bane? Others' Unemployment, Well-being and Job Insecurity

Andrew E. Clark, Andreas Knabe, Steffen Rätzel

published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 52-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3940

Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium

Andrew E. Clark

published in: Ed Diener, John Helliwell, and Danny Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3813

Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods

Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7, (2-3), 519–527

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3476

Never the Same After the First Time: The Satisfaction of the Second-Generation Self-Employed

Andrew E. Clark, Nathalie Colombier, David Masclet

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29 (7), 591-609

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3170

Born To Be Mild? Cohort Effects Don’t (Fully) Explain Why Well-Being Is U-Shaped in Age

Andrew E. Clark

published in: Mariano Rojas (ed.), The Economics of Happiness: How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed our Understanding of Well-being and Progress, New York: Springer, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3073

Job Satisfaction and Co-worker Wages: Status or Signal?

Andrew E. Clark, Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published in: Economic Journal, 2009, 119 (536), 430–447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2840

Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles

Andrew E. Clark, Paul Frijters, Michael A. Shields

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46 (1), 95-144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2526

Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis, Richard E. Lucas

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (529), F222–F243