The authors present an overview of the academic literature on charitable giving based on a
literature review of more than 500 articles. They structure their review around the central …

We review the evidence on social incentives, namely on how social interactions with
colleagues, subordinates, bosses, customers, and others shape agents' effort choices in …

Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have created societal
and political pressure for pension funds to address sustainable investing. We run two field …

Behavioral development economics applies theories and ideas from psychology and
behavioral economics to the study of questions in development economics. We begin by …

How much do different monetary and non-monetary motivators induce costly effort? Does
the effectiveness line up with the expectations of researchers and with results in the …

We document three remarkable features of the Opower program, in which social comparison-
based home energy reports are repeatedly mailed to more than six million households …

Relative-pay concerns have potentially broad labor market implications. In a month-long
experiment with Indian manufacturing workers, we randomize whether coworkers within …

How does a large unconditional increase in salary affect the performance of incumbent
employees in the public sector? We present experimental evidence on this question in the …

ABSTRACT'Notice and Choice'has been a mainstay of policies designed to safeguard
consumer privacy. This paper investigates distortions in consumer behavior when faced with …

This book addresses the wave of innovation and reforms that has been called the nudge or
behavioural public policy agenda, which has emerged in many countries since the mid …