| Unemployment: macroeconomic performance and the labour market R Layard, PRG Layard, S Nickell, SJ Nickell, R Jackman Oxford University Press on Demand, 2005 | 6829 | 2005 |
| Happiness: Lessons from a New Science PRG Layard, R Layard Penguin UK, 2011 | 6760 | 2011 |
| World happiness report [2012] JF Helliwell, R Layard, J Sachs | 2919* | 2012 |
| Labor market institutions and economic performance S Nickell, R Layard Handbook of labor economics 3, 3029-3084, 1999 | 2027 | 1999 |
| Cost-benefit analysis PRG Layard Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 1138 | 1994 |
| Unemployment in Britain R Layard, S Nickell Economica 53 (210), S121-S169, 1986 | 927 | 1986 |
| The conquest of happiness B Russell Routledge, 2015 | 872 | 2015 |
| Handbook of labor economics O Ashenfelter, D Card Elsevier, 2010 | 790 | 2010 |
| Reform in Eastern Europe O Blanchard mit Press, 1993 | 743 | 1993 |
| Improving access to psychological therapy: Initial evaluation of two UK demonstration sites DM Clark, R Layard, R Smithies, DA Richards, R Suckling, B Wright Behaviour research and therapy 47 (11), 910-920, 2009 | 634 | 2009 |
| The screening hypothesis and the returns to education R Layard, G Psacharopoulos Journal of political economy 82 (5), 985-998, 1974 | 617 | 1974 |
| Happiness: has social science a clue? Lecture 1: what is happiness? Are we getting happier? R Layard | 602* | 2003 |
| Happiness and public policy: A challenge to the profession R Layard The Economic Journal 116 (510), C24-C33, 2006 | 601 | 2006 |
| Human satisfactions and public policy R Layard The Economic Journal 90 (360), 737-750, 1980 | 574 | 1980 |
| The marginal utility of income R Layard, G Mayraz, S Nickell Journal of Public Economics 92 (8-9), 1846-1857, 2008 | 561 | 2008 |
| Unemployment and vacancies in Britain C Pissarides Economic policy 1 (3), 499-541, 1986 | 542 | 1986 |
| A good childhood: Searching for values in a competitive age J Dunn, R Layard Penguin UK, 2009 | 538 | 2009 |
| Measuring subjective well-being for public policy P Dolan, R Layard, R Metcalfe Office for national statistics, 2011 | 449* | 2011 |
| Home production—a survey R Gronau Handbook of labor economics 1, 273-304, 1986 | 434 | 1986 |
| The causes of British unemployment R Layard, S Nickell National Institute Economic Review 111 (1), 62-85, 1985 | 424 | 1985 |
