Ruggeri, K., Stock, F., Haslam, S.A., … Macchia, L., … Van Bavel, J. J., & Willer, R. (2024).

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioral science during COVID-19. Nature, 625, 134–147.

Macchia, L. (2023).

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Governments should measure pain when assessing societal wellbeing. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 303–305.​

Macchia, L., Daly, M., & Delaney, L. (2023).

The effect of adverse employment circumstances on physical pain: Evidence from Australian panel data. Preventive Medicine, 173, 107574.​

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Macchia, L., Plagnol, A.,
& Easterlin, R. (2023).

Trends and fluctuations in financial satisfaction and macroeconomic indicators in times of economic changes - The case of Latin America. International Journal of Happiness and Development, 8(3), 295-312.

Gonzalez, A., Macchia, L.,
& Whillans, A.V. (2022).

The developmental origins and behavioural consequences of attributions for inequality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101, 104329.

Macchia, L., & Whillans, A.V.

(2021).

The link between income, income inequality, and prosocial behaviour around the world: A multiverse approach. Social Psychology, 52(6), 375–386.

Whillans, A.V, Macchia, L., & Dunn, E. (2019).

Valuing time over money predicts happiness after a major life transition: A pre-registered longitudinal study of graduating students. Science Advances, 5, 9.

Macchia, L., Plagnol, A.C.,
& Reimers, S. (2018).

Does experience with high inflation affect intertemporal decision making? Sensitivity to inflation rates in Argentine and British delay discounting choices. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 75, 76–83.

Macchia, L., Daly, M., & Delaney, L. (2024).

Global pain levels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Economics & Human Biology, 52, 101337.

Tang, C.K., Macchia, L., & Powdthavee, N. (2023).

Income is more protective against pain in more equal countries. Social Science & Medicine, 333, 116181. Random author order.

Macchia, L.

(2023).

Understanding despair: The role of physical pain. American Journal of Health Promotion, 137(6).​​​

Proulx, J., Macchia, L., & Aknin, L. (2023).

Can repeated and reflective prosocial experiences in sport increase generosity in adolescent athletes? Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-29.​​

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Macchia, L.

(2022).

Pain trends and pain growth disparities, 2009-2021. Economics & Human Biology, 47, 101200.​​​​

Macchia, L., & Ariely, D.

(2021).

Eliciting preferences for redistribution across domains: A study on wealth, education, and health. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 21, 1141-1166.​

Macchia, L., & Whillans, A.V.

(2019).

Leisure beliefs and the subjective well-being of nations. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(2), 198-206.​​​​​​​

Daly, M., & Macchia, L.

(2023).​​

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Global trends in emotional distress, 2009-2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(14), e2216207120.

Macchia, L.
(2023).​

Having less than others is painful: Income rank and pain around the world. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(2), 215-224.

Macchia, L., Farmer, J.,
& Kubzansky, L. D. (2023).

Prosocial behaviour helps to ease physical pain: Longitudinal evidence from Britain. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 169, 111325.​

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Ruggeri, K., ... Macchia, L., ...,
& Garcia-Garzon, E. (2022).

The globalizability of temporal discounting. Nature Human Behaviour, 6(10), 1386–1397.​​

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Macchia, L., & Oswald, A.
(2021).

Physical pain, gender, and the state of the economy in 146 nations. Social Science & Medicine, 287, 114332.​​​

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Macchia, L., Plagnol, A.C.,
& Powdthavee, N. (2020).

Buying happiness in an unequal world: Rank of income more strongly predicts wellbeing in unequal countries. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(5), 769-780.

Macchia, L., & Plagnol, A.C.

(2019).

Life satisfaction and confidence in national institutions: Evidence from South America. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 14(3), 721-736.​​