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- Blog
- 19th Dec 2019
How many people really understand inflation and interest rates?
BIT and the Bank of England have been working on how to improve public trust in and understanding of the Bank’s activities.
- Blog
- 17th Jan 2020
Increasing economic mobility in US cities
Earlier this year, Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Ballmer Group launched a new program to increase economic mobility in a number of US cities. This program is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative, which helps local governments improve residents' lives by using data…
- Blog
- 13th Feb 2020
The world in simulation - building evidence using an online laboratory
As a reader of our blog, chances are that you’ve heard of Daniel Kahneman. An Israeli economist and author, Kahneman was awarded the Nobel prize in 2002 for his seminal work, Thinking Fast and Slow, which explored human decision making from the prism of economics. Who you may be less…
- Report
- 20th Mar 2020
#JustSaveIt - Encouraging Usage of Agent-Based Bank Accounts to Improve Financial Inclusion
We partnered with UN Pulse Lab Jakarta and the Secretariat of the Indonesian National Council for Financial Inclusion to increase financial inclusion in Indonesia. For true financial inclusion to occur, financial services such as bank accounts need to be useful and accessible to people who own them. While 56% of…
- Blog
- 14th Apr 2020
The forgotten frontline: four ways you can help food delivery workers during the COVID-19 crisis
Ten years ago, UberEats and Deliveroo did not exist, now they’re multi-billion dollar global businesses. Today food delivery workers make it much easier for many of us to comply with social distancing rules amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A quick look at Google Search trends suggests they must be: Deliveroo, Uber…
- Report
- 5th May 2020
The perception of fairness of algorithms and proxy information in financial services
We partnered with the the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to investigate how people respond to the use of algorithms in personal finances.
- Blog
- 29th Jun 2020
Life after lockdown: A strong & sustainable economic recovery
As our current economic lockdowns ease we have a unique opportunity to take a fresh start so we have strong and sustainable recoveries
- Report
- 15th Jul 2020
The Stronger Nudge
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) was commissioned by the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) to evaluate the impact of the ‘Stronger Nudge’ interventions on the number of people who receive Pension Wise guidance before they access their pension savings. The key components of the Stronger Nudge were to explain the…
- Press release
- 16th Jul 2020
Additional provider nudges result in more Pension Wise appointments
Behavioural trials to explore more effective ways of prompting people who phone their pension provider for retirement information to take Pension Wise guidance could increase the take up of appointments by three times when compared with the current signposting to this group. The research, conducted by the Behavioural Insights Team…
- Blog
- 16th Jul 2020
Encouraging pension savers to take up guidance
Last April marked five years since the introduction of “pension freedoms” which provided people with more choice and flexibility in their retirement options. However, approximately half of people approaching retirement say that they don’t know enough to plan for their income after they stop working. Here we discuss the results…