hɪz fˈɜːst dʒˈɜːnəl ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl ɔnðɪ ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪks ʌv hˈæpɪnəs wʌz pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ ɪnðɪ ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk dʒˈɜːnəl ˌɔn ʌnhˈæpɪnəs ænd ʌnɛmplˈɔɪmənt, dʒˈɔɪntli ɹˈɪʔn̩ wɪð ˈændɹuː ˈiː klˈɑːɹk.
His first journal article on the economics of happiness was published in 1994 in The Economic Journal (on unhappiness and unemployment, jointly written with Andrew E Clark).