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- 25th Oct 2017
Evaluation of Complex Whole-School Interventions: Methodological and Practical Considerations
Evaluating the impact of complex whole-school interventions (CWSIs) is challenging.
- Academic publication
- 2nd Aug 2017
Levelling the playing field in police recruitment: Evidence from a field experiment on test performance
How to increase diversity in the police is an unanswered question that has received significant political and media attention. One area of intervention is the recruitment process itself.
- Academic publication
- 28th Apr 2017
Failure to CAPTCHA Attention: Null Results from an Honesty Priming Experiment in Guatemala
We report results from a large online randomised tax experiment in Guatemala. The trial involves short messages and choices presented to taxpayers as part of a CAPTCHA pop-up window immediately before they file a tax return, with the aim of priming honest declarations.
- Academic publication
- 20th Apr 2017
Using text reminders to increase attendance and attainment: Evidence from a field experiment
In a large-scale field experiment, we use text message reminders to increase student attendance and attainment within UK government-sponsored literacy and numeracy programs for adults.
- Academic publication
- 19th Apr 2017
I get by with a little help from my friends: Two field experiments on social support and attendance in further education colleges in the UK
In recent years, there has been an increasing recognition that broader socioeconomic and environmental conditions such as school climate and the availability of peer, parental, and tutor support shape motivation and educational success as much as, or more than, individual-level factors such as personality.
- Academic publication
- 23rd Mar 2017
Increasing social trust with an ice-breaking exercise – an RCT carried out with NCS participants
This paper reports the results of a small scale randomised controlled trial carried out by the Behavioural Insights Team in partnership with the National Citizens Service (NCS) and The Challenge, a charity that acts as a delivery organisation for NCS.
- Academic publication
- 20th Nov 2016
Seven Ways of Applying Behavioral Science to Health Policy
This chapter sets out seven ways of applying behavioral science to policy that are not subject to many of the key criticisms leveled at nudging - most notably, that nudges are manipulative and dis-empowering.
- Academic publication
- 23rd Jun 2016
Applying Behavioral Insights to Health Policy: Progress So Far and Challenges to Be Met
Governments are showing a growing interest in applying findings from behavioural science to the administration of public health and health care.
- Academic publication
- 21st Jun 2016
Casting the Tax Net Wider: Experimental Evidence from Costa Rica
The majority of firms in developing countries are informal, and encouraging them to register with the tax authority has proven challenging and costly.
- Academic publication
- 15th Jun 2016
Behavioral Interventions in Tax Compliance: Evidence from Guatemala
This paper presents results from a large (43,387) nationwide randomized controlled trial in Guatemala that used reminders to promote tax compliance.