Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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Increasing the likelihood of voting for elections by casting the first vote
The study targeted 28,380 respondents on the voter rolls in Connecticut. Each respondent was randomly assigned to one of eight groups that varied based on whether they received personal canvassing or not, and the ...
Creating a flossing habit by reminding to floss later
The study sought to understand the formation of a dental flossing habit, including placement of the behavior within the routine (before vs. after tooth-brushing), past behavior, prospective memory ability, and motivational factors.
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Increasing college enrolment by offering help to low-income families
A recent study tackled the problem of low student enrolment in colleges by using the tool of nudging.
Nudge interventions were implemented and examined as tax professionals offered help to low-income families to fill ...
Boosting electricity consumption by increasing conservation
Researchers have been studying various interventions to increase energy conservation by using the tool of nudging in the traditional policies.
Asensio and Delmas (2015) considered a nudge that granted residential consumers access to websites ...
Increasing energy conservation by comparing energy use of different households
Increasing energy conservation is one of the most focused areas in today’s times.
Alcott (2011) considered the effects of nudging households to reduce electricity consumption by
sending them letters comparing their energy use with ...
Increasing vaccinations rate by planning the date and time
Low adult outpatient influenza vaccinations rate is an ongoing problem.
Interventions designed to increase adult influenza vaccinations were studied by researchers where nudge policies helped in prompting people to plan the date and time ...
Increasing financial security after retirement by communicating preferable contribution rate
Researchers studied various interventions in order to increase retirement savings by combining nudging and traditional policies of financial incentives and educational fairs.
Using the concept of nudge, new employees of the firm were asked ...
Using social norms in call scripts redirected callers from 101 phone line to an online reporting
With the rise in COVID-19 Pandemic, lockdown measures were put in place to reduce the spread of the disease. 101 calls in the UK, started receiving an overwhelming rise in calls, which were unrelated ...
Reducing public urination by 88% through optical illusions at public station
The SNCF (France’s state-owned national railway company) was committed to combatting the recurring problem of public urination at its stations.
The train station La Gare des Mureaux was transformed into a sports stadium with ...
Skeleton Designed gloves reduced Work floor mishaps by 13%
A manufacturing company tasked Ogilvy Change with improving safety on the work floor while performing high familiarity tasks.
The idea was to change the “psychological design” of PPEs creatively without changing their physical safety ...