Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Feedback and social norm based messages reduced water consumption
In order to decrease water consumption in Belén, Costa Rica, letters involving peer comparison were sent out. One type of the letters included colorful stickers (smiley face if consumption was below average and frowny ...
Chance to win a lottery improved medication adherence
Patients taking Warfarin obtained pill dispensers connected to the lottery which also included a sensor monitoring their usage. Patients had a big chance to win $10 and a smaller chance to win $100 every ...
Incentives and salient messages increased adherence to statins
Statins are a group of medicines that prevent heart attacks or strokes and are efficient only if taken regularly. People on statins may not experience any symptoms if they are not taking them and ...
Planning job-seeking activities increased a chance to find a job
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS) wanted to encourage job-seeking activities among unemployed people. They were asked to make a weekly plan to inquire, interview, or apply for jobs. Claimants who made a plan ...
Labels contrasting financial cost increased sales of fuel-efficient cars when compared
People, despite of the fact that they are aware of the negative environmental impact of fuel cars, still do not prefer purchasing more ecofriendly vehicles.
The European Commission tested different label designs that ...
Clarifying payment information helped to make people pay their bills on time
Many people don´t pay their bills on time because of various reasons. BIT focused on the micro aspects that trigger this behavior, such as lack of personalized messages or the paying process being too ...
Helping applicants with their applications helped to prevent their drop-out of the course
In the recruiting process of the police department, a lot of applicants dropped out of the procedure before taking the test.
To avoid such loss of talent, BIT designed an email for inactive candidates ...
Communicating economic information in a simpler way improved public understanding of the report
The low communication level of banks leads to a low level of public trust in banks. Better communication may improve the quality of central bank policies and economic outcomes.
One of the problems ...
Using the suitable words in referrals increased the probability that the practitioner further acted on the problem
Whether a child will get from referral to further action in the social worker industry largely depends on word usage. Words like “opinion, accidental, unemployment, isolation, mess” are not quite correlated with further action ...
Referrals put in personal way increased the likelihood of becoming a serious case
Not only the source of the referral has an impact on social workers´ decision-making, but its delivery method is also important. Referrals arriving through not so personal ways such as e-mails or phone calls ...