genetics and economics

there is currently a large amount of interest in the interaction between economics and genetics, particularly epigenetics. I thought id give a brief whistle stop tour starting with a Science review (a little out of date)

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/plus/sfg/resources/res_epigenetics.dtl

the equivalent Nature review is available here

http://www.nature.com/nrg/focus/epigenetics/index.html

One of the most interesting papers in the literature is below which addresses most of the major issues for economists such as timing, reversability etc,.

http://njc.rockefeller.edu/pdf2/topic%202meaney-epigenetic.pdf

An example of a paper in economics that seeks to use genes as health instruments are below.

http://ideas.repec.org/p/qed/wpaper/1045.html

Another example below

http://web.econ.uic.edu/health/health.11072007.pdf

A recent contribution (from that book on biosurveys that i was talking about is below)

Benjamin, Daniel J., Christopher F. Chabris, Edward L. Glaeser, Vilmundur Gudnason, Tamara B. Harris, David I. Laibson, Lenore Launer, and Shaun Purcell (2007) "Genoeconomics." in eds. Maxine Weinstein, James W. Vaupel, and Kenneth W. Wachter, Biosocial Surveys, National Research Council of the National Academies

we have spoken a lot about James Heckman's work (not technically genetics but related to this issue a lot)

James J. Heckman, 2007. "The Economics, Technology and Neuroscience of Human Capability Formation," NBER Working Papers 13195, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
James J. Heckman & Dimitriy V. Masterov, 2007. "The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children," NBER Working Papers 13016, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Eric I. Knudsen & James J. Heckman & Judy L. Cameron & Jack P. Shonkoff, 2006. "Economic, Neurobiological and Behavioral Perspectives on Building America's Future Workforce," NBER Working Papers 12298, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)Other versions