[HTML][HTML] Like ripples on a pond: Behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy

P Dolan, MM Galizzi - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015 - Elsevier
No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We
propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be …

How to measure behavioral spillovers: a methodological review and checklist

MM Galizzi, L Whitmarsh - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A growing stream of literature at the interface between economics and psychology is
currently investigating 'behavioral spillovers' in (and across) different domains, including …

[PDF][PDF] WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2017: Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies

World Health Organization - 2017 - escholarship.org
52 Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies 64 Protect people from tobacco smoke 70
Offer help to quit tobacco use 76 Warn about the dangers of tobacco 76 Health warning …

The short-term impact of unconditional cash transfers to the poor: experimental evidence from Kenya

J Haushofer, J Shapiro - The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We use a randomized controlled trial to study the response of poor households in rural
Kenya to unconditional cash transfers from the NGO GiveDirectly. The transfers differ from …

Determinants of college major choice: Identification using an information experiment

M Wiswall, B Zafar - The Review of Economic Studies, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This article studies the determinants of college major choice using an experimentally
generated panel of beliefs, obtained by providing students with information on the true …

Home price expectations and behaviour: Evidence from a randomized information experiment

L Armona, A Fuster, B Zafar - The Review of Economic Studies, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Home price expectations are believed to play an important role in housing dynamics, yet we
have limited understanding of how they are formed and how they affect behaviour. Using a …

Beyond baseline and follow-up: The case for more T in experiments

D McKenzie - Journal of development Economics, 2012 - Elsevier
The vast majority of randomized experiments in economics rely on a single baseline and
single follow-up survey. While such a design is suitable for study of highly autocorrelated …

Getting to the top of mind: How reminders increase saving

D Karlan, M McConnell, S Mullainathan… - Management …, 2016 - pubsonline.informs.org
We provide evidence from field experiments with three different banks that reminder
messages increase commitment attainment for clients who recently opened commitment …

Family health behaviors

I Fadlon, TH Nielsen - American Economic Review, 2019 - aeaweb.org
We study how health behaviors are shaped through family spillovers. We leverage
administrative data to identify the effects of health shocks on family members' consumption …

Something in the air: Pollution and the demand for health insurance

TY Chang, W Huang, Y Wang - The Review of Economic Studies, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We find that daily air pollution levels have a significant effect on the decision to purchase or
cancel health insurance in a manner inconsistent with rational choice theory. A one standard …