• Academic publication
• 21st May 2013

Non-Standard Matches and Charitable Giving

Many organisations, including corporations and governments, wish to encourage charitable giving, and offer incentives for their employees, customers and citizens to do so. However, these incentives may not be efficient.

• Academic publication
• 16th Oct 2013

Aspiration & Inspiration – A pilot study of mentoring in schools

We report the results of a pilot study to test the impact of a short talk on pupils' stated intentions to attend university.

• Academic publication
• 1st Jun 2014

A warm glow in the after life? The determinants of charitable bequests

Abstract Using a unique field experiment we show that prompts to leave money to charity during the will-making process substantially increase the probability of making a bequest. Asking if the donor wants to leave money to charity doubles the proportion making a bequest; adding emotional and social cues trebles it.…

• Report
• 14th Aug 2014

Charitable Giving Report

• Academic publication
• 1st Dec 2014

I’ve booked you a place. Good luck: a field experiment applying behavioural science to improve attendance at high-impact recruitment events

Finding a job, especially in a recovering economy, is challenging and success is reliant upon effective job-search activity.

• Blog
• 23rd Dec 2014

Is Christmas ever good for your health?

Most people are not expecting to get healthier over the festive period, with Christmas parties, Christmas lunch and New Years’ parties serving to prepare us for an inevitable January of diets and new gym memberships. New research, however, suggests that Christmas may be better for your physical health than you…

• Academic publication
• 17th Jan 2015

In search of the limits of applying reciprocity in the field: Evidence from two large field experiments

Experiments in both the lab and the field have gone some distance to proving that people are reciprocal agents, returning one good deed with another, even when it is disproportionately costly to do so.

• Academic publication
• 13th Feb 2015

Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Roughly 20% of adults in the OECD lack basic numeracy and literacy skills. In the UK, many colleges offer fully government subsidized adult education programs to improve these skills.

• Academic publication
• 8th Apr 2015

“Powered to Detect Small Effect Sizes”: You keep saying that. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Randomised trials in education research are a valuable and increasingly common part of the research landscape. Choosing a sample size large enough to detect an effect but small enough to make the trial workable is a vital component.

• Academic publication
• 12th Apr 2015

Social Influences on Charitable Giving in the Workplace

Social influences have been widely recorded in charitable giving. In two field experiments, we attempt to exogenously manipulate sources of social influence in the workplace.