Human behaviour drives the actions of consumers, workers and businesses, and in doing so, drives the performance of the wider economy. We want to improve access to high quality work; increase business productivity and growth; and improve macroeconomic policy to the benefit of citizens and businesses across the economy.
Featured work
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Targeted referrals can improve gender equality in recruitment
We partnered with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to find ways to reduce their gender pay gap. We designed an intervention to diversify the range of people employees organically share new vacancies with by explicitly encouraging staff to share vacancies with underrepresented groups: targeted referrals. We also encouraged managers to participate with a friendly competition between departments. Like many organisations, MOD does not have a formal incentivised referrals scheme, so findings from this trial could apply to a wide range of male-dominated companies.
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Flexibility by default: Increasing the advertisement of part-time or job-share options
BIT partnered with the John Lewis Partnership (JLP) to test whether increasing the advertisement of part-time or job-share options would increase career progression among JLP’s part-time staff.
More on work and economics
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Facilitating return to the labour market with a novel CV format intervention
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Can one line on a CV support people back into work?
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Can behavioural science facilitate frugal innovation?
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Will flexible working improve gender equality after COVID-19?
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Impact of changes in flexible working during lockdown on gender equality in the workplace
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How many days should we work from home after COVID-19?
