This article was originally published on Data-Smart City Solutions. Nudging — using behaviorally-informed measures to influence behavior — has proven to be an effective tool in government for ...

Despite our better knowledge, we often make choices that aren’t good for us – and feel bad about it later. But it’s possible to strengthen our self-control by making simple changes to our environment.

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Just as a building has a structure that allows the people within it to pursue their own happiness without obstructing the movements of others, a free society has a structure defined by the natural ...

Shortages in the U.S. healthcare labor force, which were already on the horizon before the COVID-19 pandemic, are coming faster and looming larger than anticipated. First, most of the baby boomers ...

Over the past decade, we in higher education have become increasingly aware of the financial insecurity many of our students face, leading to a proliferation of wraparound services on campus. For ...

Robots are going to start pushing you to be nicer to people, through a technique known as “robotic nudging.” That’s according to Ron Arkin, who chairs the Affective Computing Committee (along with ...

Nudges are a growth industry. Inspired by a popular line of psychological research and introduced in a best-selling book a decade ago, these inexpensive behavior changers are currently on a roll.

The Earned Income Tax Credit supplements incomes through the tax code, awarding thousands of dollars each year primarily to low-wage workers with kids. But there's a problem: a huge population of ...