Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Letters based on simplification and social norms increased tax payment rates among doctors.
Doctors often fail to comply with tax payments.
In 2011, HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC) randomized 3000 doctors with outstanding tax returns in four conditions. Those in the control conditions received a generic or ...
Behaviorally designed letters increased resolved tax credit cases.
People often fail to resolve their tax debt.
HM Revenues & Customs (HMRC) randomly assigned different letters to 39000 taxpayers: a control letter, that stated the telephone number to call; an action letter that ...
Nudging towards a vegetarian meal by setting it as a default.
An academic study examined a nudge to promote healthy and sustainable food choices at conferences by using a vegetarian lunch as a default option
At three conferences, participants registering electronically were randomized into two ...
Personalization, timely reminders and framing increased the appointment attendance.
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) improves well-being for young children and their families. Many participants didn’t attend the scheduled appointments and finally dropped off the program early.
Ideas42 improved the already ...
Messages emphasizing a donation from other donors increased money donation.
Α group of researchers partnered with a local public radio station to test the impact of anchoring on the number of money donors would give in a pledge drive. When callers would call the ...
Reminders increased early registration to college classes.
Early course registration is important so that the students and the colleges have time to prepare. However, many students register just before the start of classes.
Sinclair Community College automatically scheduled appointments between students ...
Motivational messages and reminders lead to higher grades and lower violations in college students.
Students often overfill their schedules which negatively affects their academic performance.
Almost 3000 students at the Community College of Philadelphia were randomized into a control group, that received the standard registration session programming, and ...
Removing friction, personalization, and timely reminders led to more students utilizing free tutoring services.
Many under-achieving students do not utilize free tutoring services.
Over 4500 thousand students at West Kentucky Community & Technical College were randomly assigned to three groups: the first group received a personalized email with ...
Behaviorally-designed emails led to more students using free tutoring services.
Many low-performing students fail to use free tutoring services.
3000 students who received financial aid at West Kentucky Community & Technical College were randomly assigned to a treatment group, that received nine emails during ...
Chunking and salience increased the referrals of students to tutoring services by college faculty.
College faculty fail to refer under-achieving students to free tutoring services.
In Spring 2015, over 250 faculty members at West Kentucky Community & Technical College were randomly assigned to a treatment group, that received ...