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- 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.
- 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.
- Blog
- 22nd Sep 2016
Increasing tax payments in Costa Rica
Over the past few years, BIT has implemented a number of successful trials using letters to remind people to pay their taxes. In March 2015, we ran our first trial in Costa Rica. In this case we tested sending emails - an even lower cost intervention than letters. Working with…
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 22nd Sep 2016
Incremento del pago de impuestos en Costa Rica
En los últimos años, BIT ha implementado una serie de pruebas exitosas utilizando cartas para recordar a las personas que paguen sus impuestos. En marzo de 2015, realizamos nuestra primera prueba en Costa Rica. En este caso, probamos el envío de correos electrónicos, una intervención de menor costo que las…
Also available in: English
- 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.
- Blog
- 13th Feb 2018
EAST en español y nuestro trabajo en América Latina
Cuando hablamos de nuestro trabajo en el Reino Unido frecuentemente nos hacen la pregunta: ¿podría algo así funcionar también en otros países? Durante los últimos cuatro años hemos estado colaborando con Gobiernos en América Latina aplicando nuestra metodología, y encontramos que la respuesta es: ¡Sí! En nuestro primer proyecto en…
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- Blog
- 13th Feb 2018
EAST in Spanish and our work in Latin America
When we talk about our work in the United Kingdom, we are often asked the question: Will our approach also work in other countries? Over the past four years we have been collaborating with governments in Latin America applying our methodology, and we found that the answer is: Yes! In…
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 13th Apr 2018
Encouraging teachers and principals to turn up to school in Peru
Teacher absenteeism can be fun for students. If we ask you to remember a day at school when a teacher didn’t show up, it probably brings back memories of happy faces, a movie, or a game outside. Unfortunately, research shows that even a few days of teacher absenteeism can negatively…
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 13th Apr 2018
Fomentando la asistencia de los directores a las escuelas en Perú
El ausentismo docente en las escuelas puede ser divertido para los estudiantes. Si le pedimos que recuerde un día escolar en el que faltó un profesor, probablemente vendrán a su memoria imágenes de caras sonrientes, una película o un juego afuera. Desafortunadamente, investigaciones previas han demostrado que incluso unos días de ausentismo docente,…
Also available in: English
- Report
- 28th Mar 2019
International development and behavioural insights
This report is a summary of international development work by the Behavioural Insights Team and its partners from 2017 to 2019.