Happier Lives Institute
  • Key ideas
  • Research
    • Overview
    • Publications
    • Research agenda
    • Reading list
  • About
    • Team
    • History
    • News
    • Events
    • Careers
  • Give now
Select Page
A can of worms: the non-significant effect of deworming on happiness

A can of worms: the non-significant effect of deworming on happiness

by Samuel Dupret, Joel McGuire, Ryan Dwyer and Michael Plant | Dec 21, 2022

A can of worms: the non-significant effect of deworming on happiness Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary Mass deworming, where many people are provided drugs to treat parasitic worms, has long been considered a highly cost-effective intervention to...
A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

by Joel McGuire, Michael Plant and Samuel Dupret | Nov 1, 2022

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This essay was written for GiveWell’s Change Our Mind Contest1Joel produced the critiques and did most of the reasoning, calculations and writing. Michael and Samuel provided...
Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis

Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis

by Joel McGuire, Samuel Dupret and Michael Plant | Jul 25, 2022

Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary At the Happier Lives Institute, we have been replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis of deworming. GiveWell’s model assumes that...
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • September 2022
  • July 2022
  • April 2022
  • February 2022
  • October 2021
  • August 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • November 2020
  • August 2020
  • April 2020
  • January 2020
  • October 2019
  • How can we improve? Our 2022 annual impact survey
  • Four prize-winning posts from 2022
  • Our 2022 charity recommendation
  • The elephant in the bednet: a brief overview
  • Meet our new team members

The Happier Lives Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1198178) and an approved subordinate organization/fund held within the Player Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust that has received recognition of federal tax exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code (Tax ID: 27-6601178).

Advice for donors

Support our work

Work with us

Contact us

Key ideas

Latest news and research

Upcoming events

Privacy policy