by Josh Martin & Laura Rawlings
This post originally appeared on NextBillion. Fighting poverty with direct cash payments is more common now than ever before. In 1997, only three developing countries had centrally managed cash transfer programs targeting poverty. Today, more than 120 do, and more than $200 million in cash is distributed daily. The adoption of cash transfers was a significant step […]
by ideas42
At ideas42, we’re honoring International Women’s Day this year by taking a look at women entrepreneurs around the world. Globally, 37% of all enterprises are woman-owned. While there’s still progress to be made in reaching 50%, that’s hundreds of millions of women running businesses—generating incomes for their households and bolstering their local communities. Despite this […]
by ideas42
We all have big plans for changing our lives at the beginning of a new year, thanks to the fresh start effect. But time moves fast…and reality is probably starting to set in for many people. This may not be the year you become a workout guru, vault your career in a new direction, or […]
by ideas42
We’ve learned a lot this year. Thankfully, we haven’t uncovered all the strange little quirks in human decision making, so with every passing year, a few more insights come to light. As 2017 comes to a close, we look back at some of the insights that made us think, laugh, cry, and question our own […]
by ideas42
With the ideas42 Seminar Series, we invite leading scholars to share their insights and what inspires their exploration into human behavior. Our New York office was pleased to host Jack Cao, a 5th year PhD candidate in social psychology at Harvard University. Jack’s research examines the divide between the conscious values we try to uphold and […]
by DJ Neri & Evan Nesterak, The Behavioral Scientist
Richard Thaler, our long-time advisor (and a source of inspiration for our work), has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work in applied behavioral economics. Below is an article about the impact of his contributions to the field that originally appeared on the Behavioral Scientist. Richard Thaler, an economist at the University of […]
by ideas42
It’s been more than three months since the launch of the Behavioral Evidence Hub, a community-driven collection of behavioral interventions proven to create impact. Jointly launched by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), the University of Pennsylvania Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), and ideas42, the B-Hub (as it’s affectionately called) has been visited […]
by DJ Neri
This article was originally published on The Behavioral Scientist. Bill Congdon has spent the last several years in the center of behavioral science and policy in the United States. In 2014, Bill went on loan from ideas42 to become a Fellow and founding member of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST), where he worked to […]
by Katy Davis & Colleen Briggs
This post originally appeared on NextBillion. Imagine you just received the news that you have a serious but treatable medical condition. What would you think about? Perhaps you would fear for your health, or worry about what the treatment’s side effects might be. In a recent study, participants were asked what they would think about […]
by ideas42
ideas42’s network of academic affiliates represent some of the world’s foremost experts in behavioral science. With the ideas42 Affiliate Series, we invite leading scholars to share their insights and what inspires their exploration into human behavior. Our New York office was pleased to host Mitesh Patel of the University of Pennsylvania. Mitesh studies innovative ways to change health […]
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