Tag
behavioral_nudges
4 findings
Economics (general)Goal-Setting Job-Search NudgeAt two months, the nudge increased Syrian job applications by 55% (0.648 additional applications, p = 0.016) and Jordanian job search participation by 6.5 percentage points (p = 0.030). However, impacts on actual wage employment faded by four months (+0.003 for Syrians, p = 0.449; -0.002 for Jordanians, p = 0.544).RCTFirms & operationsPeer Role Model IntegrationIncreased monthly household income by US$30–US$50 (~15% increase) 1 year post-program at 1/10th the cost of individual consulting, while significantly raising rates of tax registration and seed fund applications.RCTEconomics (general)Personal Stigma Invariance in Behavioral InterventionsPersonal stigma messaging produced no statistically significant average treatment effect (ATE = +0.025, p > 0.10) and no statistically significant treatment effect difference between the top (+0.073) and bottom (+0.047) predicted response groups (p = 0.756).RCTLabour & employmentPlan-Driven Workplace Stress MitigationTreatment loan officers were 8 percentage points more likely to increase or maintain high planning levels (p < 0.10) and experienced a 5.8 percentage point reduction in the percentage of time feeling stressed at work (p < 0.10, OLS coeff = -0.058), alongside a 5 percentage point increase in job satisfaction (probit coeff = 0.298, p < 0.10) and a 6 percentage point increase in compensation satisfaction (probit coeff = 0.358, p < 0.10).RCT