What is behavioral science?

What is behavioral science?

Alexandra De Filippo from The Behavioural Insights Team responds to three questions about behavioral economics:

1) What is behavioral science?
2) In what areas of public policy have behavioral interventions been most successful?
3) What are you working on with the IDB?

Why would a government want to utilize behavioral economics?

Why would a government want to utilize behavioral economics?

Cecilia Güemes from Charles III University of Madrid responds to three questions about behavioral economics:

1) Why would a government want to utilize behavioral economics?
2) Are there barriers to establishing behavioral economics units?
3) Is establishing a behavioral economics unit in Europe the same as doing so in Latin America?

How can behavioral economics be applied to public policy?

How can behavioral economics be applied to public policy?

Lucio Castro, Argentina's former Secretary of Productivity Transformation, answers three questions about behavioral economics:

1) How can behavioral economics be applied to public policy?
2) How can we invest in these tools?
3) Are there IDB projects on this subject?

Why is it important to look at human behavior?

Why is it important to look at human behavior?

Alissa Fishbane from ideas42 responds to three questions about behavioral economics:

1) Why is it important to look at human behavior?
2) How do we ensure projects work for large populations?
3) What are you working on right now?

What is behavioral science?

What is behavioral science?

 

Renos Vakis from the World Bank responds to three questions about behavioral economics:

1) What is behavioral science?
2) How is human behavior relevant to public policy?
3) What policy areas can behavioral science be applied to?

How can governments use behavioral economics tools?

How can governments use behavioral economics tools?

Gustavo Beliz responds to three questions about behavioral economics

1) How can governments use behavioral economics tools?
2) Is Latin America set up to take advantage of behavioral economics?
3) Why is the IDB investing in these new tools?