David Laibson

David Laibson

Harvard University

H-index: 92

North America-United States

About David Laibson

David Laibson, With an exceptional h-index of 92 and a recent h-index of 70 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Harvard University, specializes in the field of Economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Does 401 (k) Loan Repayment Crowd Out Retirement Saving? Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design

Does Pension Automatic Enrollment Increase Debt? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment

Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts

A randomized trial of behavioral nudges delivered through text messages to increase influenza vaccination among patients with an upcoming primary care visit

Public views on polygenic screening of embryos

The beta-delta-delta sweet spot

Automatic enrollment with a 12 percent default contribution rate

The semblance of success in nudging consumers to pay down credit card debt

David Laibson Information

University

Position

Professor of Economics

Citations(all)

65298

Citations(since 2020)

25582

Cited By

50834

hIndex(all)

92

hIndex(since 2020)

70

i10Index(all)

145

i10Index(since 2020)

130

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David Laibson Skills & Research Interests

Economics

Top articles of David Laibson

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Publication Date

Does 401 (k) Loan Repayment Crowd Out Retirement Saving? Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design

Evidence from Administrative Data and Implications for Plan Design (March 5, 2024). Wharton Pension Research Council Working Paper No. Forthcoming

John Beshears

James J Choi

Joel M Dickson

Aaron Goodman

Fiona Greig

...

2024/3/5

Does Pension Automatic Enrollment Increase Debt? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment

John Beshears

Matthew Blakstad

James J Choi

Christopher Firth

John Gathergood

...

2024/2/5

Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts

Sarah Holmes Berk

John Beshears

Jay Garg

James J Choi

David Laibson

2024/1/22

A randomized trial of behavioral nudges delivered through text messages to increase influenza vaccination among patients with an upcoming primary care visit

American Journal of Health Promotion

Mitesh S Patel

Katherine L Milkman

Linnea Gandhi

Heather N Graci

Dena Gromet

...

2023/3

Public views on polygenic screening of embryos

Science

Michelle N Meyer

Tammy Tan

Daniel J Benjamin

David Laibson

Patrick Turley

2023/2/10

The beta-delta-delta sweet spot

David Laibson

Peter Maxted

2023/1/9

Automatic enrollment with a 12 percent default contribution rate

Journal of Pension Economics & Finance

John Beshears

Ruofei Guo

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

James J Choi

2023

The semblance of success in nudging consumers to pay down credit card debt

NBER Working Paper No. 31926

Benedict Guttman-Kenney

Paul Adams

Stefan Hunt

David Laibson

Neil Stewart

...

2023

Automating short-term payroll savings: Initial evidence from two large UK experiments

Sarah Holmes Berk

James J Choi

Jay Garg

John Beshears

David Laibson

2023/8/23

Do nudges reduce borrowing and consumer confusion in the credit card market?

Economica

Paul Adams

Benedict Guttman-Kenney

Lucy Hayes

Stefan Hunt

David Laibson

...

2022/6

Present bias causes and then dissipates auto-enrollment savings effects

AEA Papers and Proceedings

John Beshears

James Choi

David Laibson

Peter Maxted

2022/5/1

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

Nature genetics

Aysu Okbay

Yeda Wu

Nancy Wang

Hariharan Jayashankar

Michael Bennett

...

2022/4

A simple mapping from mpcs to mpxs

David Laibson

Peter Maxted

Benjamin Moll

2022/1/17

Borrowing to save? The impact of automatic enrollment on debt

Journal of Finance

John Beshears

James J Choi

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

William L Skimmyhorn

2022

Paternalism and pseudo-rationality: An illustration based on retirement savings

Journal of Public Economics

Itzik Fadlon

David Laibson

2022/12/1

Active choice, implicit defaults, and the incentive to choose

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

John Beshears

James J Choi

David Laibson

Brigitte C Madrian

2021/3

Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository

Nature human behaviour

Joel Becker

Casper AP Burik

Grant Goldman

Nancy Wang

Hariharan Jayashankar

...

2021/12

Present bias amplifies the household balance-sheet channels of macroeconomic policy

David Laibson

Peter Maxted

Benjamin Moll

2021/8/2

Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos

New England Journal of Medicine

Patrick Turley

Michelle N Meyer

Nancy Wang

David Cesarini

Evelynn Hammonds

...

2021/7/1

A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor’s appointment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Katherine L Milkman

Mitesh S Patel

Linnea Gandhi

Heather N Graci

Dena M Gromet

...

2021/5/18

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Co-Authors

H-index: 163
George Loewenstein

George Loewenstein

Carnegie Mellon University

H-index: 150
Jonathan D. Cohen

Jonathan D. Cohen

Princeton University

H-index: 137
Patrik Magnusson

Patrik Magnusson

Karolinska Institutet

H-index: 127
John List

John List

University of Chicago

H-index: 66
Jose A. Scheinkman

Jose A. Scheinkman

Columbia University in the City of New York

H-index: 61
Sumit Agarwal

Sumit Agarwal

National University of Singapore

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