This chapter surveys work in behavioral public economics, emphasizing the normative
implications of non-standard decision making for the design of welfare-improving and/or …

Shelter-in-place ordinances were the first wide-spread policy measures aimed to mitigate
the spread of COVID-19. Compliance with shelter-in-place directives is individually costly …

There are two broad views as to why people stay poor. One emphasizes differences in
fundamentals, such as ability, talent, or motivation. The poverty traps view emphasizes …

Causal evidence on microcredit impacts informs theory, practice, and debates about its
effectiveness as a development tool. The six randomized evaluations in this volume use a …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

INTRODUCTION Working in six countries with an international consortium, we investigate
whether a multifaceted Graduation program can help the extreme poor establish sustainable …

We study the effect of financial resources on decision-making. Low-income US households
are randomly assigned to receive an online survey before or after payday. The survey …

This study examines the impact of financial inclusion on economic growth using panel data
of 22 sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries during the period spanning from 2012 to 2018 …

Using data from a field experiment in Kenya, we document that providing individuals with
simple informal savings technologies can substantially increase investment in preventative …

Intertemporal tradeoffs play a key role in many personal decisions and policy questions. We
describe models of intertemporal choice, identify empirical regularities in choice, and pose …