Professor Lord (Richard) Layard of Highgate FBA

Economic systems; economic sociology; public policy and management; education
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2003
Subjects
Economics

Current post

Director, Well-being Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science

Past appointments

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Co-Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

1990 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Director, Well-being Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Sciences

1990 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Economics

1980 - 1999

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Director, Centre for Economic Performance

1974 - 2003

Robbins Committee on Higher Education Senior Research Officer

1961 - 1964

Publications

Thrive: The power of evidence-based psychological therapies 2014

A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age 2009

Combatting Unemployment 2011

Unemployment - Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market 1991

Tackling Inequality 1999

Happiness - Lessons from a New Science (2nd ed) 2011

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Elias Papaioannou FBA

Political Economy, Economic History, Development, Growth and Inequality, Africa, International Finance

Elias Papaioannou FBA

Professor Ariel Rubinstein FBA

Economic theory: game theory; bounded rationality.

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