Lawrence Jin
I am a behavioral economist at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. I received BA in Mathematics & Economics and PhD in Economics, both from Cornell University.
For research, I use both econometric and experimental methods to study topics in behavioral economics, health economics, and public policy.
Contact
Email: lawrencejin [at] gmail.com
Office: Li Ka Shing #02-18
Selected Working Papers
Replication by plebiscite: Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market
(with Felix Holzmeister et al.)
Accepted in-principle at Nature Human Behaviour
Visit to the emergency room: Impact on subsequent compliance behavior and health outcome
(with Juin Kuan Chong et al.)
R&R at BMJ Open
Publications
How to induce honesty: Results from a large-scale experiment
(with Teck-Hua Ho, Su-Chin Hsu, Dayoung Kim, Jeonbin Kim and Ching Leong)
Policy and Society, forthcoming
Path dependency in physician decisions
(with Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong)
Review of Economic Studies, 2024
(with Srjith Balakrishnan, Beatrice Cassottana, Alberto Costa, Giovanni Sansavini)
Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024
(with Donald Kenkel, Michael Lovenheim, Alan Mathios, and Hua Wang)
Economic Inquiry, 2024
Human-capital investments as a commitment device
(with Minwook Kang)
Economic Modelling, 2023
Addiction, present-bias, and self-restraint
(with Minwook Kang)
Southern Economic Journal, 2022
(with Ching Leong, Dayoung Kim, Jeongbin Kim, Yik Ying Teo, and Teck-Hua Ho)
Communications Medicine, 2022
Time dependency in physician decision-making
(with Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong)
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2020
Sleep, health, and human capital: Evidence from daylight saving time
(with Nicolas Ziebarth)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020
Earlier Publications
Retrospective and prospective benefit-cost analysis of US anti-smoking policies
(with Donald S. Kenkel, Feng Liu, and Hua Wang)
Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015
(with Jang C. Jin)
Education Economics, 2014
Internet education and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions
(with Jang C. Jin)
Economies, 2014
Research publications and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions
(with Jang C. Jin)
Applied Economics, 2013
(with Wendy F. Bower, Malcolm J. Underwood, Y. H. Lam, and Paul B. Lai)
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2010
Overt diabetes mellitus adversely affects surgical outcomes of noncardiovascular patients
(with Wendy F. Bower, Malcolm J. Underwood, Janet F. Lee, Kit F. Lee, Yuk H. Lam, Sui K. Ng, Alexander C. Vlantis, and Paul B. Lai)
Surgery, 2010