Behavioural economics
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How can behavioural messaging campaigns be tailored to reduce loan delinquency?
Text-based behavioural messaging can reduce delinquency, with the most effective messages either referencing social norms, or sent to individuals with higher socioeconomic status or higher credit scores
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Trust versus loss aversion: Why does loss framing work?
A healthcare-based study suggests using loss-framed incentives can lead recipients to perceive them as more trustworthy
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Intra-household and intra-personal constraints to women’s employment in India
Low self-confidence may keep women from persuading family members that they should enter the workplace, despite wanting to work themselves
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Using behavioural economics in development policy
Can the burgeoning field of behavioural economics provide important insights into development issues?
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Old habits die hard: Nutrition in India
In India, the main issue that people are facing is not a deficit of calories but it is a deficit in nutrients. How can this be changed?
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Can climate change make us antisocial?
How is global warming likely to impact our behaviour and how we interact with one another?