JoelMcGuire

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I am a researcher at the Happier Lives Institute. In my work, I assess the cost-effectiveness of interventions in terms of subjective wellbeing.

The effect of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health

JoelMcGuire20 Nov 2020 18:12 UTC

71 points

9 comments6 min readEA link

How big are the intra-household spillovers for cash transfers and psychotherapy? Contribute your prediction for our analysis.

JoelMcGuire8 Dec 2021 16:37 UTC

15 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

The Bearable Brightness of Wellbeing: The life of an HLI researcher

JoelMcGuire8 Apr 2022 14:13 UTC

56 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Happiness for the whole household: accounting for household spillovers when comparing the cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy to cash transfers

JoelMcGuire14 Apr 2022 20:05 UTC

51 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis

JoelMcGuire25 Jul 2022 20:26 UTC

307 points

38 comments11 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

To WELLBY or not to WELLBY? Measuring non-health, non-pecuniary benefits using subjective wellbeing

JoelMcGuire11 Aug 2022 23:43 UTC

110 points

28 comments12 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

JoelMcGuire1 Nov 2022 2:25 UTC

134 points

18 comments19 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Evaluating StrongMinds: how strong is the evidence?

JoelMcGuire19 Jan 2023 0:12 UTC

118 points

53 comments5 min readEA link

Immigration reform: a shallow cause exploration

JoelMcGuire20 Feb 2023 15:57 UTC

104 points

7 comments36 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)

Lead exposure: a shallow cause exploration

JoelMcGuire11 Apr 2023 17:49 UTC

71 points

1 comment32 min readEA link

Has Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Changed Your Mind?

JoelMcGuire27 May 2023 18:35 UTC

60 points

14 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] High impact charities in Gaza or Israel?

JoelMcGuire17 Oct 2023 0:37 UTC

65 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

Talking through depression: The cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy in LMICs, revised and expanded

JoelMcGuire27 Nov 2023 23:08 UTC

74 points

34 comments4 min readEA link

(www.happierlivesinstitute.org)