[7][2] He has published articles in more popular venues as well, such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Review, and The Weekly Standard.

"As a culture, we could improve our national happiness levels by making sure people focus most on what is primary — marriage and intimate relationships — and not on what is important but secondary — their career," Brooks writes.

"[10] Wilcox has been a strong proponent of the "success sequence",[11] arguing that data show that people who graduate high school, get a full-time job, and have children after marriage are consequently less likely to be poor.

[13] In 2013, Wilcox was revealed, along with Paul Amato, as two of the three anonymous peer reviewers of a controversial study[14] by Mark Regnerus, "How Different Are the Adult Children of Parents Who Have Same-Sex Relationships?

"[21] In February 2015, Wilcox testified before the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Human Resources about the challenges low-income families face in today's economy.

[23] In August 2023, Wilcox wrote a piece for UnHerd based on research from the University of Chicago finding a 30-percentage-point happiness divide between married and unmarried Americans.