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Applied Cooperation Initiative's simple 'observability' intervention tripled participation.
Applied Cooperation Initiative's simple 'observability' intervention tripled participation.
Helped Keheala develop a digital health platform to improve TB patients' health in Kenya.
The resurgence of tuberculosis is behavioral, not medical. Nudges can fix it – Researchers: Erez Yoeli, David Rand, and Jon Rathauser
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A new book explores how game theory explains seemingly irrational behavior, from tastes in food to how people donate to charity.
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Social norms messaging campaigns are increasingly used to influence human behavior, with social science research generally finding that they have modest but meaningful effects.