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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Enhancing central bank communications with behavioural insights
A joint study from the Bank of England and the Behavioural Insights Team
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Applying Behavioural Insights to Labour Markets
Employment is one of the most important policy areas that governments manage. Yet, it is one with ample room for…
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Inflated expectations? Our research on how to ask people about inflation
New results published in the Singapore Macroeconomic Review Central banks around the world want to know how people expect prices…
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Evidence Report: Literature review and semi-structured interviews to support the establishment of the Centre for Public Services Leadership
An evidence-based report summarising BIT findings on effective leaders in UK public services.
More on work and economics
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‘Double nudge’ encourages employers to offer flexibility, in turn boosting job application rates
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Improving NHS procurement with a behavioural procurement platform
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The perception of fairness of algorithms and proxy information in financial services
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The forgotten frontline: four ways you can help food delivery workers during the COVID-19 crisis
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Supporting employers and workers through the pandemic
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Increasing economic mobility in US cities
Meet the team
Elisabeth Costa
Senior Director - Economic Policy
Nida Broughton
Interim Director - Economic Policy
Robbie Tilleard
Senior Advisor and Lead for Organisational Behaviour, Employment and Labour Markets
Johannes Lohmann
Head of Employment, Organisational Behaviour and Public Sector Innovation
Dr Guglielmo Briscese
Senior Advisor