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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
We provide evidence from field experiments with three different banks that reminder messages increase commitment attainment for clients who recently opened commitment …
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 …
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 …