David I Laibson

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ID5544376
NAMEDavid I Laibson
GIVEN NAMESDavid I
FAMILY NAMELaibson
SIGNATURELAIBSON D I
AFFILIATIONSChristopher F. Chabris is with the Department of Psychology, Union College, Schenectady, NY. James J. Lee, Gregoire Borst, and Steven Pinker are with the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Daniel J. Benjamin is with the Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Jonathan P. Beauchamp, Edward L. Glaeser, and David I. Laibson are with the Department of Economics, Harvard University.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS463
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

    Open AccessAysu Okbay, Yeda Wu et al.ARTICLENature Genetics2022

    We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a sample of ~3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A genome-wide polygenic predictor, or polygenic index (PGI), explains 12–16% of EA variance and contributes to risk prediction for ten diseases. Direct effects (i.e., controlling for parental PGIs) explain roughly half th…

  • Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    Open Access23andMe Research Team, James J Lee et al.ARTICLENature Genetics2018

    Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs. For the SNPs taken together, we found evidence of heterogeneous effects across environments. The SNPs implicate genes involved in brain-development processes and neuron-to-neuron communication. In a separate analysis of the X chromosome, we identify…

  • Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

    Open AccessLifelines Cohort Study, Aysu Okbay et al.ARTICLENature Genetics2016

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Open AccessAysu Okbay, Jonathan P Beauchamp et al.ARTICLENature2016

  • Vaccination Rates are Associated With Functional Proximity But Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

    Open AccessJohn Beshears, José Antonio Otero Hermida et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2016References: 21

    Minor changes in the environment can have substantial effects on the probability of vaccination. If these results generalize, health systems should emphasize functional proximity over base proximity when locating preventive health services

  • The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics

    Open AccessChristopher F Chabris, James J Lee et al.ARTICLECurrent Directions in Psychological…2015

    Behavior genetics is the study of the relationship between genetic variation and psychological traits. Turkheimer (2000) proposed “Three Laws of Behavior Genetics” based on empirical regularities observed in studies of twins and other kinships. On the basis of molecular studies that have measured DNA variation directly, we propose a Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics: “A typical human behavioral trait is associated with very many genetic variants, e…

  • Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated With Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations

    Christopher F Chabris, James J Lee et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2013Cited by: 1References: 83

    Objectives. We explain why traits of interest to behavioral scientists may have a genetic architecture featuring hundreds or thousands of loci with tiny individual effects rather than a few with large effects and why such an architecture makes it difficult to find robust associations between traits and genes. Methods. We conducted a genome-wide association study at 2 sites, Harvard University and Union College, measuring more than 100 physical an…

  • Separate Neural Systems Value Immediate and Delayed Monetary Rewards

    Open AccessSamuel M McClure, David Laibson et al.ARTICLEScience2004

    When humans are offered the choice between rewards available at different points in time, the relative values of the options are discounted according to their expected delays until delivery. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we examined the neural correlates of time discounting while subjects made a series of choices between monetary reward options that varied by delay to delivery. We demonstrate that two separate systems are involved …

  • Measuring Trust

    Edward L Glaeser, David Laibson et al.ARTICLEThe Quarterly Journal of Economics2000Cited by: 462References: 3

    Journal Article Measuring Trust Get access Edward L. Glaeser, Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar David I. Laibson, David I. Laibson Harvard University and National Bureau of Economic Research Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar José A. Scheinkman, José A. Scheinkman Princeton University Search fo…