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Nudging the trendsetters : increasing second-dose HPV vaccination in Bogota, Colombia
Martínez, Déborah; Díaz, Lina; Maldonado Zambrano, … - 2023
from Bogota's Secretariat of Health in a field experiment, we measure the impact of various norm nudges, including trending …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540586
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823823
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Habit formation and rational addiction : a field experiment in handwashing
Hussam, Reshmaan; Rabbani, Atonu; Reggiani, Giovanni; … - 2017
We test the main predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing. To track habit formation, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing some households about a future...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901842
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Habit formation, obesity, and cash rewards
Augurzky, Boris; Bauer, Thomas K.; Reichert, Arndt R.; … - 2018
incentivized participants having formed healthy habits by the time the experiment ended and that only the speed of the transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846799
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Promoting breast cancer screening take-ups with zero cost : evidence from an experiment on formatting invitation letters in Italy
Bertoni, Marco; Corazzini, Luca; Robone, Silvana - 2019
(restricted or enhanced information) and the framing (gain or loss framing) of the invitation letter to the breast cancer …We ran a randomized field experiment to ascertain whether a costless manipulation of the informational content … screening program in Messina, Italy, affects the take-up rate. We show that giving enhanced loss-framed information about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988539
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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023
We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive … health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487340
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Nudging Student Participation in Online Evaluations of Teaching : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Neckermann, Susanne; Turmunkh, Uyanga; van Dolder, Dennie; … - 2021
This paper reports the results of a large randomized field experiment that investigates the extent to which nudges can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013313045
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IV Methods Reconcile Intention-to-Screen Effects Across Pragmatic Cancer Screening Trials
Angrist, Joshua D.; Hull, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Pragmatic cancer screening trials mimic real-world scenarios in which patients and doctors are the ultimate arbiters of … of estimates from 17 sites in five randomized trials measuring screening effects on colorectal cancer incidence. While … cancer screening effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322830
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Overcoming time inconsistency with a matched bet : theory and evidence from exercising
Woerner, Andrej - 2023
both sophisticated and naive procrastinators to reduce time-inconsistent behavior. A field experiment on exercising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477364
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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2022
We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive … health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013327064