| Happiness: Lessons from a New Science PRG Layard, R Layard Penguin UK, 2011 | 8127 | 2011 |
| Unemployment: macroeconomic performance and the labour market R Layard, SJ Nickell, R Jackman Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 | 7801 | 2005 |
| World happiness report 2017 JF Helliwell, R Layard, JD Sachs Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2017 | 5092* | 2017 |
| Labor market institutions and economic performance S Nickell, R Layard Handbook of labor economics 3, 3029-3084, 1999 | 2291 | 1999 |
| Labor supply of men: a survey J Pencavel Handbook of labor economics 1, 3-102, 1986 | 1847 | 1986 |
| Cost-benefit analysis R Layard, S Glaister Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 1376 | 1994 |
| Unemployment in Britain R Layard, S Nickell Economica 53 (210), S121-S169, 1986 | 1044 | 1986 |
| Reform in Eastern Europe OJ Blanchard mit Press, 1993 | 851 | 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 | 839 | 2009 |
| The marginal utility of income R Layard, G Mayraz, S Nickell Journal of Public Economics 92 (8-9), 1846-1857, 2008 | 801 | 2008 |
| Happiness and public policy: A challenge to the profession R Layard The economic journal 116 (510), C24-C33, 2006 | 763 | 2006 |
| The screening hypothesis and the returns to education R Layard, G Psacharopoulos Journal of political economy 82 (5), 985-998, 1974 | 749 | 1974 |
| World happiness report 2020 JF Helliwell, R Layard, J Sachs, JE De Neve | 739 | 2020 |
| The rise in unemployment: A multi-country study CR Bean, PRG Layard, SJ Nickell Economic Models of Trade Unions, 279-303, 1986 | 677 | 1986 |
| Human satisfactions and public policy R Layard The Economic Journal 90 (360), 737-750, 1980 | 662 | 1980 |
| Measuring subjective well-being for public policy P Dolan, R Layard, R Metcalfe Office for national statistics, 2011 | 647* | 2011 |
| A good childhood: Searching for values in a competitive age J Dunn, R Layard Penguin UK, 2009 | 643 | 2009 |
| Happiness: Has social science a clue? R Layard London School of Economics, 2003 | 567 | 2003 |
| The case for psychological treatment centres R Layard Bmj 332 (7548), 1030-1032, 2006 | 471 | 2006 |
| The unemployment crisis R Layard, S Nickell, R Jackman Oxford University Press, 1994 | 464 | 1994 |
