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- 8th Oct 2019
Boosting businesses: applying behavioural insights to business policy
Our new report, ‘Boosting businesses: applying behavioural insights to business policy’, provides a guide to policymakers on how behavioural insights can make business policy more effective. We set out lessons from first generation interventions to improve take-up and engagement among firms. Our accompanying practitioners’ toolkit includes guidance, tips and resources.…
- Blog
- 8th Oct 2019
Giving behavioural insights and business policy a firm nudge
In the long run, improving productivity is the most important way of raising the standard of living for a country’s citizens.
- Blog
- 4th Sep 2019
The Story of Narratives
Professor Robert Shiller, Nobel Prize-winning economist joins us at the Behavioural Exchange Conference tomorrow. His latest work on narrative economics shows how stories and narratives are inherent to the human experience. We think they could be better understood and deployed in public policy.
- Blog
- 29th Aug 2019
Your training programme isn’t working - here’s how to make sure it does
More than £200bn is spent globally on learning and development every year. Entrepreneurs, small business owners and corporate workers sit through millions of hours of training on the latest management fad or tips on how to grow their business. Yet does any of it actually work? Do the behaviours of…
- Blog
- 28th Aug 2019
Helping people back into work and helping others take up the mantle
Today sees the publication of a peer reviewed paper in the Journal of Public Policy outlining the interventions that we tested in Essex which involved the development of new way of conceiving the job-search process.
- Report
- 28th Aug 2019
Evaluating Leadership and Management Programmes
Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a number of constraints to growth. Studies highlight the difficulty of accessing credit, fragmented markets, poor management practices, lack of infrastructure and an uncertain regulatory environment. Addressing barriers such as these could contribute to growth, productivity and job creation across SSA. CDC Group plc…
- Academic publication
- 27th Aug 2019
Behavioural insight and the labour market: evidence from a pilot study and a large stepped-wedge controlled trial
In this article, we describe two experiments measuring the impact of a collection of interventions informed by behavioural sciences to reduce unemployment. In a small-scale pilot study (n = 2,383) run in partnership with a Jobcentre in the UK, we found that small changes to the way jobseekers interacted with employment…
- Academic publication
- 7th Aug 2019
Enhancing central bank communications using simple and relatable information
Central bankers and the central banking literature are increasingly attuned to the importance of communications as a policy tool. However, less is known about how central bank communications should be drafted for maximal impact. Our paper contributes new insights in this regard. Using a large-scale online experiment with a sample…
- Report
- 3rd Jul 2019
Increasing uptake of digital services at Companies House
Companies House manages over 30,000 customer transactions every day. It is essential that it can provide an efficient service and meet increasing demands on its resources. As part of its goal to reduce costs, save time and increase data integrity, Companies House has a strategic aim to become an entirely…
- Blog
- 3rd Jul 2019
Can behavioural insights help businesses adopt new technologies and management practices?
With our partners, we are now building a much needed evidence base on the use of nudges aimed at groups of people, or more specifically, businesses. We believe the success of behavioural insights for individuals can be replicated to help businesses achieve their goals.