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choice_architecture

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EducationInformation Salience as Demand Elasticity ModulatorStandard choice forms produce wide preference heterogeneity across socioeconomic groups. Delivering direct, simplified test score information to low-income families significantly compresses estimated preference heterogeneity, causing low-SES parents to choose high-performing academic schools at rates comparable to high-SES parents.Observational Study Behaviour & psychologyPositional List-Order Choice BiasExactly 31.3% of control group applications and 31.1% of treatment group applications were directed to the first vacancy mentioned on the call or text message, despite first-listed vacancies comprising only 22% of all available matches.RCT Methods & evidenceWithin-Participant Nested Choice ArchitectureIsolating features revealed that soft labeling accounted for a 15% increase (93.66 €) over the basic remittance baseline of 614.6 €, while adding direct payment added only an incremental 2.2% (13.74 €), demonstrating diminishing marginal returns for hard commitment features.RCT