Even though previous research demonstrates the effectiveness of nudges on take-up of public programs, J-PAL affiliated researchers Elizabeth Linos, Jesse Rothstein, & others found that, across 6 #RCTs , nudges did not increase tax-credit take-up: povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/inc…

📷 Breaking down barriers to college access is crucial. Our research with CA Student Aid Commission, Jesse Rothstein, Elizabeth Linos and Dr. Vikash - race matters - Reddy explores the impact of nudges on financial aid uptake among CA high school seniors. 📷

Anyone else having trouble loading PAPs (attaching a document to a pre-registration plan) to OSF these days? Trying to figure out if it's an us problem or broader challenge.

🚨'Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma,' by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos, utilizes an administrative burden framework to assess how reducing learning costs and stigma influences demand for rental assistance. The article finds that framing

The quote tweets are amazing (and should spread hope to all junior scholars). My addition to the list:

'It's amazing how many words and analyses were used to say so little of use.'

Writing a null effects paper? Want to bolster your case?

Check out:

▪️Carlisle Rainey: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

▪️Hartman/Danny Hidalgo: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

▪️Daniël Lakens: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

▪️Justin H Gross, Recovering Statistician: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

#nulleffectsmatter #teamprecisenulls

New, from me:
If you are interested in administrative burdens in public services:
*May 7 event at McCourt School Georgetown University, featuring Annie Lowrey
*new research on measuring how people experience burdens and why they tolerate them
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/counting-the…

Three hours of individual tutoring per week by Italy’s Tutoring Online Program in response to the pandemic increased math performance by 0.23 standard deviations in 2020 and 0.20 standard deviations in 2022, from Michela Carlana and Eliana La Ferrara nber.org/papers/w32272

Fascinating new study (and method)

We stand on the shoulders of giants, and I am so grateful to Danny Kahneman - a true giant. This is a very sad day, but I will spend it remembering wonderful meals, conversations and conferences where Danny inspired so many of us. His generosity was as immense as his intellect.

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Probably one of the best book launches I've ever experienced! Incredible questions and fascinating answers.

How can we - as individuals and as a society - make better decisions?

Our Chief Programme Officer Elspeth Kirkman joins us on 20 March to explore the art of decision-making and discuss her new book: Decisionscape

Register to attend online or in person ➡️ bit.ly/3uyt4qI

Excited to share that you can preorder my new book, Decisionscape (March 2024), here mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048941/… 🧵

Researchers, including HKS's Elizabeth Linos and the People Lab's Jessica Lasky-Fink, found that letters using a more formal design and tone were seen as more trustworthy and recipients were more likely to respond to them ken.sc/3Vl5QiK

Have you ordered your copy??

Women listed as faculty*:

UChicago: 4/40
MIT: 6/51
UPenn: 4/34
Harvard: 7/50
Stanford: 6/37
Yale: 9/51
NYU: 4/22
UC Berkeley: 11/50
Columbia: 13/58
Princeton: 17/68

*Includes lecturers in some (e.g., Princeton) but not others (e.g., Stanford). (2/4)

Cool job alert!

Postdoc alert! Ideal for a social or behavioral scientist interested in new evaluation methods (virtual reality simulations) and public policy (criminal justice)! Come work w/me & Center for Innovations in Community Safety Evan Barba
apply.interfolio.com/141988