Christopher Barrington-Leigh

McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy

Assistant Professor

2001 McGill College Avenue

Room 1146

Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1

Canada

http://barrington-leigh.net/address

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1.

The Renewable Energy Landscape in Canada: A Spatial Analysis

USAEE Working Paper No. 16-246
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Jan 2016
Christopher Barrington-Leigh and Mark Ouliaris
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy and Independent
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How Happy are Your Neighbours? Variation in Life Satisfaction Among 1200 Canadian Neighbourhoods and Communities

NBER Working Paper No. w24592
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2022
John F. Helliwell, Hugh Shiplett and Christopher Barrington-Leigh
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver School of Economics and McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

NBER Working Paper No. w16415
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 10 May 2023
Lara B. Aknin, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire E. Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
University of British Columbia, McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of British Columbia - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - Centre for Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP), Mbarara University of Science and Technology - Educational Foundations and Psychology, Makerere University, University of Groningen - Department of Social and Organizational Psychology and Harvard Business School - Marketing Unit
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Measuring and Understanding Subjective Well-Being

NBER Working Paper No. w15887
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
John F. Helliwell and Christopher Barrington-Leigh
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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International Evidence on the Social Context of Well-Being

NBER Working Paper No. w14720
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
John F. Helliwell, Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Anthony Harris and Haifang Huang
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics, McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of Oxford - Nuffield Department of Medicine and University of Alberta - Department of Economics
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How Much is Social Capital Worth?

NBER Working Paper No. w16025
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
John F. Helliwell and Christopher Barrington-Leigh
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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Veblen Goods and Neighborhoods: Endogenizing Consumption Reference Groups

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Mar 2024
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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consumption externalities, wellbeing, reference dependent utility

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Empathy and Emulation: Life Satisfaction and the Urban Geography of Comparison Groups

NBER Working Paper No. w14593
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
Christopher Barrington-Leigh and John F. Helliwell
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics
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Wellbeing in Canada: Progress towards measurement, policy, and practice

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Jun 2024
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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Economic Inequality and Subjective Well-Being: Is Inequality Good for the Rich?

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 May 2024
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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life satisfaction,welfare,happiness,development,inequality,social preferences,relative income

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The Econometrics of Happiness: Are We Underestimating the Returns to Education and Income?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2025
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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happiness, income, education, subjective well-being, econometric modeling

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Quantity or Quantile? A Global Study of Income, Status, and Happiness

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 May 2024
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy
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income, welfare,happiness,subjective wellbeing, life satisfaction, status, social preferences

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Life Satisfaction Among Aboriginals in the Canadian Prairies: Evidence from the Equality, Security and Community Survey

The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2015
Posted: 10 Apr 2016
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
McGill University - Institute for Health and Social Policy

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subjective well-being, happiness, life satisfaction, income, Aboriginal, Canada, development