Database of Behavioral Economics Interventions
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How to Prevent Injuries in Factories With Behavioral Science
Ogilvy surveyed employees and asked them how prone they'd be to injuries without gloves, with gloves, and gloves painted with the print of human fingers. The workers reported a 13% increase in vulnerability for ...
Application with suggestions on safe activities helped reduce violence occurrence
Ideas42, together with Western Cape’s Department of Community Safety and the University of Cape Town aimed to reduce the occurrence of violent events among youth in South Africa.
To leverage young people´s knowledge about ...
Access to information about treatment use increased patients´ adherence
Researchers aimed to improve patients´ adherence to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment.
Participants of the study were randomized into one of 4 groups: usual care, usual care with access to PAP (Positive Airway Pressure) ...
Low-cost cash incentive increased migration rate and food security in poor rural areas
Barriers such as financial constraints, lack of information about urban job opportunities prevent the poor from seasonal migration to find temporary employment, which increases starvation. Researchers investigated whether providing incentives would motivate the poor ...
Making career incentives of the job more salient attracted more qualified individuals
Researchers, together with the Government of Zambia, looked at the effect of career incentives on recruiting into public health positions and the performance of selected individuals.
Posters were posted in public places, highlighting ...
Reducing calorie intake of workers by redesigning the environment
Researchers opted for a nudge approach to influence snacking behavior during workplace breaks by re-arranging the choice environment.
Participants of a conference had their snacking break featured with two serving tables in separate locations. ...
Reminding parents about upcoming dates for vaccines for their children increased vaccination rates
Researchers decided to explore the effect of reminders on vaccination rates in developing countries.
They carried out a field experiment in rural Guatemala in which timely reminders were provided to families whose children ...
Using an educational intervention in combination with behavioral nudges was shown to increase retirement saving among Hispanics
Researchers aimed to promote retirement savings among low- and moderate-income, predominantly Spanish-speaking Hispanics.
They conducted a community-based randomized controlled trial which consisted of the control group with no intervention and the treatment group, ...
Making the payment seem easy increased payments received on time
Worcestershire Council struggled with receiving payments on time.
To solve this, the council rolled out a sheet that explicitly displayed a low difficulty level to sign up for the direct default debit payment ...
Small changes in rewards led to a 43% increase in employee productivity
Tim Houlihan experimented at a call center to observe whether incentives other than cash would motivate employees to perform better during the 2009 recession.
Interestingly, he concluded that employees rewarded with perks ...