Combining the theories of conventional economics with social psychology and cognitive
decision making, behavioral economics (BE) offers an interdisciplinary framework to support …

The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project is the first major
opportunity to use a behavioral economics lens to look at programs that serve poor and …

Public policies have actively responded to an emergent social and neuroscientific evidence
base documenting the benefits of targeting services to children during the earliest period of …

Public policies have actively responded to an emergent social and neuroscientific evidence
base documenting the benefits of targeting services to children during the earliest period of …

Sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation of the Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) within the US Department of Health and Human Services, the …

High-quality early care and education is increasingly viewed as a path toward narrowing
socioeconomic gaps in children's school readiness and development. Features of early …

Early childhood interventions aimed at reducing socioeconomic disparities hinge on parent
engagement. However, sparking parents' engagement and sustaining it throughout the …

Research in behavioral economics has shown that small changes in the environment can
make it easier for people to act and make decisions that support their goals. The Behavioral …

The eight other volumes in this third edition of Disease Control Priorities focus on health; this
volume complements their focus by examining the synergies between health and education …

Interest in applying evidence from psychological science to strengthen public policy has
increased in recent years. The governments of at least 20 countries have “nudge units,” or …