How do you keep people from gathering with friends and family during a pandemic? How do you improve school attendance among preschoolers? How do you make sure taxpayers pay their fair share? These are some of the questions researchers seek to solve so countries can continue to grow and prosper. Many issues come down to human behavior and how the right policy tools can nudge … [Read more...] about Compiling Latin America and the Caribbean’s Largest Repository of Behavioral Interventions
Behavioral Economics
Appealing to Social Norms to Combat COVID-19
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began more than a year ago, much has been learned about how infection can be prevented. In particular, the scientific consensus holds that certain human behaviors, like social distancing, the avoidance of indoor gatherings, and the use of face masks, are powerful and effective at helping prevent the virus's spread. Nonetheless, many people continue … [Read more...] about Appealing to Social Norms to Combat COVID-19
Don’t Forget to Call: How Personal Interaction Boosts Tax Payments
The COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean, taking lives and exacting an immense toll on individual and national economies. Governments have responded with urgent assistance. But with a more than 10% decline in revenues as a result of closed businesses and lost jobs, governments now have to buy … [Read more...] about Don’t Forget to Call: How Personal Interaction Boosts Tax Payments
Enlisting Behavioral Sciences to Combat Fare Dodging on Public Transport
From New York and Washington to London and Santiago, metro and other mass transportation systems have long been vulnerable to people who jump turnstiles, avoid ticket collectors, and engage in other kinds of fare evasion that can lead to tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue losses each year and even accidental death. TransMilenio, the world's … [Read more...] about Enlisting Behavioral Sciences to Combat Fare Dodging on Public Transport
Communicating Better in the Covid-19 Era
Covid-19 is still spreading rapidly on a global level, with more than 11.4 million cases and 407,000 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean alone as of early November. This is happening despite the imposition of strict mobility restrictions and other constraints, like mask wearing and school closings. Indeed, in Argentina, with some of the most rigorous restrictions as … [Read more...] about Communicating Better in the Covid-19 Era