How Policy Informed by Behavioral Science Can Help Children in Poverty
A new study explores whether using behavioral principles to distribute a basic income can more effectively combat child poverty.
July 03rd, 2018
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Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
How some are getting a new study of self-control wrong.
November 27th, 2017
College Rankings Hinder Economic Equality
As it stands now, our system of higher education may do more to perpetuate inequality than to disrupt it.
September 25th, 2017
Poverty and the Developing Brain
People love “Rags to Riches” stories—those sanguine tales in which someone who grew up in poverty manages to become extremely wealthy and professionally successful.
September 24th, 2015
It’s Not a Lack of Self-Control that Keeps People Poor
When considering poverty, our national conversation tends to overlook systemic causes. Instead, we often blame the poor for their poverty.
August 04th, 2015
Three Ways Behavioral Science Can Help End Poverty
Can behavioral science help end poverty? We think so, and we have a few ideas.
May 27th, 2015
What’s a Beer Worth? New Research Shows How Scarcity Affects Your Answer
Picture yourself on a beach. You are basking in the hot sun, feeling incredibly thirsty. Fortunately, there’s a bar at the resort where you’re staying. It’s pricey, but it’s just a few steps away. How much are you willing to pay for a cold beer?
January 26th, 2015
ideas42 Sets Out to Help End Poverty Through Behavioral Interventions
It’s well documented that the consequences of childhood poverty are immediate and long-lasting. By their first day in school, children in poverty score worse than their middle and upper class peers on nearly every developmental measure from language use to attention skills.
September 12th, 2013
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
In this exclusive excerpt of their new book Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explore the concept of scarcity: its ubiquity, its challenges, and its silver lining.
