Working Papers

Behavioral Nudges Prevent Delinquencies at Scale: A 13-Million Person Field Experiment

Kuan, R., K. Blagg, B.L. Castleman, R. Darolia, J.D. Matsudaira, K.L. Milkman, and L.J. Turner.

Nudging Teachers: A Megastudy to Increase Math Achievement Among 3 Million Elementary School Students

Duckworth, A.L., A. Ko, K.L. Milkman, J.S. Kay, E. Dimant, D.M. Gromet, S. Cannon, A. Halpern, Y. Jung, M.K. Paxson, J. Rothschild, R.A. Silvera Zumaran, R. Berman, I. Brody, C.F. Camerer, E.A. Canning, H. Dai, M.N. Gallo, H. Hershfield, M.D. Hilchey, A. Kalil, K.M. Kroeper, A. Lyons, B.S. Manning, N. Mazar, M. Michelini, S.E. Mayer, M.C. Murphy, P. Oreopoulos, S.E. Parker, R. Rondina, D. Soman, and C. Van den Bulte. 

Does Feedback Enhance Diversity in Selection Decisions? 

Cervantez, J.A., S. Pink, L. Chang, A. Rai, and K.L. Milkman.

Can Stereotype Reactance Prompt Women to Compete? A Field Experiment

Pink, S., J.A. Cervantez, E.L. Kirgios, and K.L. Milkman.

Evaluating the Efficacy of Shortlist Quotas to Promote Gender Diversity

Chang, L.W., E.L. Kirgios, A. Rai, and K.L. Milkman.

Targeting Behavioral Interventions Based on Baseline Motivation Increases Vaccine Uptake

Brody, I., H. Dai, S. Saccardo, K.L. Milkman, A.L. Duckworth, M.S. Patel, and D.M. Gromet.

Does Asking Questions Boost Engagement? Three Health Messaging Experiments in the U.S. and Ghana

Kirgios, E., S. Athey, A.L. Duckworth, D. Karlan, M. Luca, K.L. Milkman, M. Offer-Westort, and C. Udry.

A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients with an Upcoming Primary Care Visit

Patel, M., K.L. Milkman, L. Gandhi, H. Graci, D. Gromet, H. Ho, J. Kay, T. Lee, J. Rothschild, M. Akinola, J. Beshears, J. Bogard, A. Buttenheim, C. Chabris, G. Chapman, J. Choi, H. Dai, C. Fox, A. Goren, M. Hilchey, J. Hmurovic, L. John, D. Karlan, M. Kim, D. Laibson, C. Lamberton, B. Madrian, M. Meyer, M. Modanu, J. Nam, T. Rogers, R. Rodina, S. Saccardo, M. Shermohammed, D. Soman, J. Sparks, C. Warren, M. Weber, R. Berman, C. Evans, S.H. Lee, C. Snider, E. Tsukayama, C. Van den Bulte, K. Volpp, and A. Duckworth.

Predicting Context-sensitivity and Habit Formation in Field Data using Machine-learning

Buyalskaya, A., H. Ho, K.L. Milkman, A.L. Duckworth, and C. Camerer.

The Motivating Power of Streaks: Increasing Productivity Is as Easy as 1, 2, 3

Mehr, K., J. Silverman, M. Sharif, A. Barasch, and K.L. Milkman.

The Importance of Conspicuous Incentives: A Field Experiment

John, L.K., K.L. Milkman, B. Tuckfield, and L. Foschini.