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.


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Selected Working Papers


Replication by plebiscite: Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market 

(with Felix Holzmeister et al.)

Conditionally accepted in Nature Human Behaviour


How to induce honesty: Results from a large-scale experiment

(with Teck-Hua Ho, Su-Chin Hsu, Dayoung Kim, Jeonbin Kim and Ching Leong)

R&R at Policy and Society


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


Developing Resilience Pathways for Interdependent Infrastructure Networks: A Simulation-Based Approach with Consideration to Risk Preferences of Decision-Makers

Srjith Balakrishnan, Lawrence Jin, Beatrice Cassottana, Alberto Costa, Giovanni Sansavini

Sustainable Cities and Society, forthcoming


Misinformation, consumer risk perceptions, and markets: The impact of an information shock on vaping and smoking cessation

Lawrence Jin, Donald Kenkel, Michael Lovenheim, Alan Mathios, and Hua Wang

Economic Inquiry, 2024


Path dependency in physician decisions 

Lawrence Jin, Rui Tang, Han Ye, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong

Review of Economic Studies, 2024


Human-capital investments as a commitment device

Lawrence Jin, Minwook Kang

Economic Modelling, 2023


Addiction, present-bias, and self-restraint 

Lawrence Jin, Minwook Kang

Southern Economic Journal, 2022


Assessing the impact of novelty and conformity on hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA technology 

Ching Leong, Lawrence Jin, Dayoung Kim, Jeongbin Kim, Yik Ying Teo, and Teck-Hua Ho

Communications Medicine, 2022


Time dependency in physician decision-making 

Lawrence Jin, 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

Lawrence Jin, Nicolas Ziebarth

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020



Earlier Publications (Before PhD)


Retrospective and prospective benefit-cost analysis of US anti-smoking policies 

Lawrence Jin, Donald S. Kenkel, Feng Liu, and Hua Wang

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2015


On the relationship between university education and economic growth: the role of professors’ publication 

Jang C. Jin, Lawrence Jin

Education Economics, 2014


Internet education and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions

Lawrence Jin, Jang C. Jin

Economies, 2014


Research publications and economic growth: Evidence from cross-country regressions 

Jang C. Jin, Lawrence Jin

Applied Economics, 2013


Peri-operative blood transfusion increases length of hospital stay and number of postoperative complications in non-cardiac surgical patients 

Wendy F. Bower, Lawrence Jin, 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

Wendy F. Bower, Lawrence Jin, Malcolm J. Underwood, Janet F. Lee, Kit F. Lee, Yuk H. Lam, Sui K. Ng, Alexander C. Vlantis, and Paul B. Lai

Surgery, 2010