Bruce Headey

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Bruce Headey is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Headey has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Social Psychology, 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Bruce Headey's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (47 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (16 papers). Bruce Headey is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (47 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (17 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (16 papers). Bruce Headey collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Netherlands and Germany. Bruce Headey's co-authors include Alexander J. Wearing, Ruud Muffels, Mark Wooden, Ruut Veenhoven, Henk‐Jan Dirven, Robert E. Goodin, Gert G. Wagner, Peter M. Hart, Peter Krause and Diana Warren and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Headey

72 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Personality, life events, and subjective well-being: Toward a dynamic equilibrium model.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce Headey Australia	29	2.2k	948	852	822	636	76	3.8k
Sik Hung Ng New Zealand	36	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	484 0.6×	339 0.4×	514 0.8×	132	4.1k
Lara B. Aknin Canada	29	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	544 0.6×	333 0.4×	560 0.9×	69	4.4k
Félix Neto Portugal	34	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.6×	665 0.8×	458 0.6×	601 0.9×	268	4.3k
Robin Goodwin United Kingdom	32	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	573 0.7×	399 0.5×	331 0.5×	117	3.6k
Elizabeth C. Pinel United States	24	2.7k 1.2×	2.4k 2.6×	355 0.4×	472 0.6×	720 1.1×	48	5.3k
Jeylan T. Mortimer United States	43	1.0k 0.5×	2.9k 3.1×	528 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	351 0.6×	129	5.8k
Natalie J. Shook United States	27	1.3k 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	335 0.4×	293 0.4×	564 0.9×	91	3.4k
Joseph A. Vandello United States	27	1.4k 0.6×	2.6k 2.8×	477 0.6×	283 0.3×	414 0.7×	63	4.5k
Laurie T. O’Brien United States	23	2.1k 1.0×	3.0k 3.2×	271 0.3×	551 0.7×	360 0.6×	48	5.0k
Nickola C. Overall New Zealand	45	3.7k 1.7×	2.1k 2.2×	724 0.8×	434 0.5×	1.4k 2.2×	153	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Headey

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Headey, Bruce. (2024). British Cabinet Ministers. 1 indexed citations

Taniguchi, Yu, Satoshi Seino, Bruce Headey, et al.. (2022). Evidence that dog ownership protects against the onset of disability in an older community-dwelling Japanese population. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263791–e0263791. 6 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce & Ruud Muffels. (2016). Towards a Theory of Life Satisfaction: Accounting for Stability, Change and Volatility in 25-Year Life Trajectories in Germany. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce, Ruud Muffels, & Gert G. Wagner. (2012). Parents Transmit Happiness Along with Associated Values and Behaviors to Their Children: A Lifelong Happiness Dividend?. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Muffels, Ruud & Bruce Headey. (2011). Capabilities and Choices: Do They Make Sen’se for Understanding Objective and Subjective Well-Being? An Empirical Test of Sen’s Capability Framework on German and British Panel Data. Social Indicators Research. 110(3). 1159–1185. 48 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce, et al.. (2008). Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction - A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 5(1). 73–82. 6 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce, Ruud Muffels, & Mark Wooden. (2007). Money Does not Buy Happiness: Or Does It? A Reassessment Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption. Social Indicators Research. 87(1). 65–82. 156 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce. (2007). Happiness: Revising Set-Point Theory and Dynamic Equilibrium Theory to Account for Long Term Change. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch. 127(1). 85–94. 20 indexed citations

Headey, Bruce, Ruud Muffels, & Mark Wooden. (2005). Money and Happiness: The Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch. 125(1). 131–144. 4 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce & Mark Wooden. (2004). The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce & Ruud Muffels. (2003). Policy Goals and Outcomes in ‘Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism’. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch. 123(1). 27–41. 3 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce & Ruud Muffels. (2002). Income Mobility : Policy Goals and Outcomes in "Three Wolrds of Welfare Capitalism". Tilburg University Research Portal. 71(4). 1–24. 1 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce, Stephen J. Headey, & Ruud Muffels. (2001). The Structure of Inequality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce, Robert E. Goodin, Ruud Muffels, & Henk‐Jan Dirven. (2000). Is There a Trade-Off Between Economic Efficiency and a Generous Welfare State? A Comparison of Best Cases of `The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism’. Social Indicators Research. 50(2). 115–157. 10 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce, Robert E. Goodin, Ruud Muffels, & Henk‐Jan Dirven. (1999). Best Cases of the Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: The Netherlands, United States, and West Germany. Research portal (Tilburg University). 68(99). 153–163. 1 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce & Peter Krause. (1999). Health Benefits and Potential Budget Savings Due to Pets: Australian and German Survey Results. 2(2). 37. 15 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce. (1999). Health Benefits and Health Cost Savings Due to Pets: Preliminary Estimates from an Australian National Survey. Social Indicators Research. 47(2). 233–243. 138 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce, Robert E. Goodin, Ruud Muffels, & Henk‐Jan Dirven. (1997). Welfare Over Time: Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in Panel Perspective. Journal of Public Policy. 17(3). 329–359. 29 indexed citations

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Krause, Peter, Bruce Headey, & Roland Habich. (1992). Einkommensentwicklung der privaten Haushalte in Ostdeutschland. DIW Wochenbericht. 59(4). 35–40. 4 indexed citations

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Headey, Bruce, et al.. (1991). Top-down versus bottom-up theories of subjective well-being. Social Indicators Research. 24(1). 81–100. 251 indexed citations

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