Question from floor - working in developing nations like PNG, how to use randomised control trials ethically when this violates cultural norms that some groups get a benefit and others don't?
A: if you know something will def have benefits, don't need RCT. @CassSunstein #BX2018
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'Private sector narrowly allowed to have self interested nudges (when trying to do good) but not governments.'
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Repertoire of behaviorally informed interventions go beyond nudges. E.g. sugar tax, other mandates. Which to choose? Highest net benefits usually (cost benefits). Choice preserving efforts should be to priority.
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Question on Cambridge Analytica. A: Seems there was deception so it wouldn't be right to call it a nudge. Anything that pushes people into an information cocoon that adversely affects their privacy or expand their own horizons is harmful.
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Question on restorative justice not deeply discussed. From Prof Jessica Roberts: 'Failing to explicitly acknowledge that some people are nudge-proof threatens to erase them from the conversation, possibly leading to even greater inequalities.'
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Using Behavioural Field Experiments in Education. Jackie Wilson introduction. Prof John List key speaker. Dana Suskind second speaker. Australia about to enter into major educational change. A major policy focus: how do we better engage parents on children's education?
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Up to mid-1980s empiricism in economics was resistant to ideas on experiments. Behaviour seen as too complex. (Economists as 'data sifters.') Education is one of the most costly and long term investment (hyperbolic discounting). - John List
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*NB structural inequality has deepened. John List talks about Chicago where his lab is based as one example of education segregation.
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Leverage loss aversion for merit based pay for teachers. People value their losses greater than potential gain. Control: Standard bonus in USA at end of school year. Or no bonus. Intervention: In Sep get cheque for $4K. If students don't improve, they give money back.
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Kids were tested by researchers so there was no cheating on scores. The claw back teachers were simply motivated to use every opportunity to maximise teaching. For example, if they had extra 7 minutes, other teachers give kids time fillers. Claw back teachers would keep teaching
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