| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14751 |
| DP14751 Incentivizing Behavioral Change: The Role of Time Preferences | |
| Shilpa Aggarwal; Rebecca Dizon-Ross; Ariel Zucker | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-05-12 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | How should the design of incentives vary with agent time preferences? We develop two predictions. First, “bundling” the payment function over time – specifically by making the payment for future effort increase in current effort -- is more effective if individuals are impatient over effort. Second, increasing the frequency of payment is more effective if individuals are impatient over payment. We test the efficacy of time-bundling and payment frequency, and their interactions with impatience, using a randomized evaluation of an incentives program for exercise among diabetics in India. Consistent with our theoretical predictions, bundling payments over time meaningfully increases effort among the impatient relative to the patient. In contrast, increasing payment frequency has limited efficacy, suggesting limited impatience over payments. On average, incentives increase daily steps by 1,266 (13 minutes of brisk walking) and improve health. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Labour Economics ; Public Economics |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14751 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543675 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shilpa Aggarwal,Rebecca Dizon-Ross,Ariel Zucker. DP14751 Incentivizing Behavioral Change: The Role of Time Preferences. 2020. |
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