Psychological Frictions and the Incomplete Take-Up of Social Benefits: Evidence from an IRS Field Experiment

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RCTs to Scale: Comprehensive Evidence from Two Nudge Units (2020, methodology): “3This sample does not include some influential published nudge RCTs, such as Bhargava and Manoli (2015) and Hallsworth et al. (2017).”
Norm Perception as a Vehicle for Social Change (2016, background): “For example, individuals in Schultz et al.’s study (2007) actually began to use more electricity if they learned that they were using less electricity than the presented norm of their neighbors (see also Bhargava & Manoli, 2015; Fellner, Sausgruber, & Traxler, 2013).”
Failure to Refinance (2016, unknown): “These papers, such as recent work on earned income tax credit (EITC) take-up by Bhargava and Manoli (2015) , provide evidence that individual biases (inattention, status quo bias, self-control issues, 2 More information on accessing the data can be found on the CLARC website at…”
Parents’ Beliefs about Their Children’s Academic Ability: Implications for Educational Investments (2019, unknown): “This literature has focused on misinformation about aggregate factors, such as the population- 4e.g. Liebman and Luttmer (2015); Kling et al. (2011); Bhargava and Manoli (2015); Duflo and Saez (2000); Dupas (2011); Fitzsimons et al. (2016); Jamison et al. (2013); Beshears et al. (2015) 3 average…”