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Competition as a Savings Incentive : A Field Experiment at a Homeless Shelter

Linardi, Sera - 2013

This paper describes a randomized field experiment testing the impact of a savings competition on the behavior of … rates within a particular month, average savings increased by $80 (a 30% increase in savings rate) while income and … effect because responsive savers selected out of the shelter after the first month. In summary, while a savings competition …

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Competition as a savings incentive : a field experiment at a homeless shelter

Linardi, Sera; Tanaka, Tomomi - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 95 (2013), pp. 240-251

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Enhancing Human Capital at Scale

Agostinelli, Francesco; Avitabile, Ciro; Bobba, Matteo - 2021

A two-year randomized evaluation shows that the effectiveness of multi-tasking men- tors on schooling outcomes crucially depends on their training. While a standard training modality in highly marginalized communities in Mexico generates null results, enhanced training yields sizable treatment...

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Enhancing Human Capital in Children : A Case Study on Scaling

Agostinelli, Francesco; Avitabile, Ciro; Bobba, Matteo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper provides novel insights into the science of scaling by examining an educational mentoring program in Mexico. Our analysis encompasses two separate field experiments, and takes advantage of a unique opportunity to learn from the government's implementation of the program on a large...

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Experimental and non-experimental evidence on limited attention and present bias at the gym

Muller, Paul; Habla, Wolfgang - 2018

We show that limited attention and present bias contribute to low levels of exercise. First, in a large randomized experiment, we find that email reminders increase gym visits by 13 % and that they benefit nearly all types of individuals. Limited attention can explain these effects. Second,...

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Present bias in choices over food and money

Danzer, Alexander M.; Zeidler, Helen - 2024

This paper investigates time inconsistencies in food consumption based on a field experiment at a college canteen where participants repeatedly select and consume lunch menus. The design features a convex non-monetary budget in a natural environment and satisfies the consume-on-receipt...

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Present bias in choices over food and money

Danzer, Alexander M.; Zeidler, Helen - 2024

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Experimental and Non-Experimental Evidence on Limited Attention and Present Bias at the Gym

Habla, Wolfgang; Muller, Paul - 2019

We show that limited attention and present bias contribute to low levels of exercise. First, ina large randomized experiment, we find that email reminders increase gym visits by 13 % andthat they benefit nearly all types of individuals. Limited attention can explain these effects.Second, using a...

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Tying Odysseus to the mast : evidence from a commitment savings product in the Philippines

Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley - 2005

We designed a commitment savings product for a Philippine bank and implemented it using a randomized control … methodology. The savings product was intended for individuals who want to commit now to restrict access to their savings, and who … for commitment, were indeed significantly more likely to open the commitment savings account. After twelve months, average …

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Chapter 15. Poverty and Aging

Marchand, J.; Smeeding, T. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 905-950). 2016

This chapter explores the relationship between poverty and aging, in terms of its measurement and trends, as well as … measurement addresses both the definition of poverty and its aggregation over various age groups. The trends highlight a … significant reduction in poverty among the elderly and a gradual increase in poverty among children and working age individuals …

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