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be influenced by behavioral interventions and by economic incentives. Despite their effectiveness in other domains, we …
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-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR …
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investigates the mechanisms affecting sleep choice and explores whether commitment devices and monetary incentives can be used to … incentives to sleep, and collected data from wearable activity trackers, surveys, and time-use diaries. Our results are … the monetary incentives by significantly increasing the likelihood of sleeping between 7 and 9 hours (+19%). We uncover …
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-phase randomized controlled trial involving 700 obese individuals. We find effects of monetary incentives for weight loss of up to EUR …
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We conducted a randomized controlled trial testing the effect of modest incentives to attend the gym among new members … groups, receiving a payment if they attended the gym at least 9 times over their first 6 weeks as members. The incentives … were a $30 payment, a $60 payment, and an item costing $30 that leveraged the endowment effect. These incentives had only …
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We show that limited attention and present bias contribute to low levels of exercise. First, in a large randomized …
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We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the extent to which dietary habits are malleable early on in childhood and later in life. We implement two treatments one that targets what people eat, the other that targets the timing and frequency of food intake. 285 low income families with young...
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Interventions to decrease meat consumption are often only implemented for short periods of time, and it is unclear how they might have lasting effects. We combine student canteen consumption (over 270, 000 purchases made by over 4, 500 guests) and survey data (N 800) to study how a one-month...
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