World Development Report 2015 : Mind, Society, and Behavior
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Bank, World |
| Publisher: |
Washington : World Bank Publications |
| Subject: | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Entwicklung | Economic development | Welt | World | Verhalten | Behaviour | Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein | Social consciousness |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (237 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview: Human decision making and development policy; Three principles of human decision making; Boxes; 0.1 The evolution of thinking in economics about human decision making; Tables; 0.1 6 People have two systems of thinking; Figures; 0.1 Automatic thinking gives us a partial view of the world; 0.2 Reframing decisions can improve welfare: The case of payday borrowing; 0.3 What others think, expect, and do influences our preferences and decisions 0.4 In experimental situations, most people behave as conditional cooperators rather than free riders0.5 Thinking draws on mental models; 0.6 Cuing a stigmatized or entitled identity can affect students' performance; Psychological and social perspectives on policy; 0.2 13 Examples of highly cost-effective behavioral interventions; 0.7 There is greater variation across countries in cognitive caregiving than in socioemotional caregiving; 0.8 Clarifying a form can help borrowers find a better loan product; The work of development professionals; References 0.9 Understanding behavior and identifying effective interventions are complex and iterative processesPart 1: An expanded understanding of human behavior for economic development: A conceptual framework; Introduction; Chapter 1: Thinking automatically; Two systems of thinking; 1.1 27 People have two systems of thinking; 1.1 Framing affects what we pay attention to and how we interpret it; Biases in assessing information; 1.2 A more behavioral model of decision making expands the standard economic model; 1.3 Reframing decisions can improve welfare: The case of payday borrowing Biases in assessing value1.4 Clarifying a form can help borrowers find a better loan product; 1.5 A small change in the college application process had a huge impact on college attendance; Choice architecture; Overcoming intention-action divides; 1.6 Simplifying voting procedures in Brazil is having positive welfare effects on the poor across generations; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Thinking socially; Social preferences and their implications; 2.1 What others think, expect, and do influences our own preferences and decisions 2.2 Children and young adults most affected by war are more likely to favor members of their own group2.3 Opportunities to punish free riding increase cooperation; 2.4 In experimental situations, most people behave as conditional cooperators rather than free riders; The influence of social networks on individual decision making; 2.5 The power of social monitoring: Pictures of eyes increased contributions to a beverage honor bar; The role of social norms in individual decision making; 2.6 Stickers placed in Kenyan minibuses reduced traffic accidents; Conclusion; Notes; References Spotlight 1: When corruption is the norm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4648-0342-0 ; 978-1-4648-0343-7 ; 978-1-4648-0342-0 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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