Lessons from Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment Adherence in Parenting Programs: An Application to SMS

A growing literature shows how insights from behavioral economics can be successfully adopted in simple interventions through SMS or other types of low-cost communications. In this short, note we provide concrete basic guidelines to design behaviorally informed messages, based on theory and our own experience. We provide examples applied to parenting interventions.

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Ajzenman, Nicolas ; López Bóo, Florencia
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Subject:	behavioral interventions \| parenting \| child development \| poverty

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 12808
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1686940254 [GVK] hdl:10419/215204 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12808 [RePEc]
Classification:	D9 - Intertemporal Choice and Growth ; D90 - Intertemporal Choice and Growth. General ; D91 - Intertemporal Consumer Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving ; i15 ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; J38 - Public Policy
Source:	EconStor

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