As the COVID‐19 pandemic has largely increased the utilization of telehealth, mobile mental
health technologies–such as smartphone apps, virtual reality, chatbots, and social media …

In the past decade, behavioural science has gained influence in policymaking but suffered a
crisis of confidence in the replicability of its findings. Here, we describe a nascent …

A promising way to mitigate inequality is by addressing students' worries about belonging.
But where and with whom is this social-belonging intervention effective? Here we report a …

Social scientists have increasingly turned to the experimental method to understand human
behaviour. One critical issue that makes solving social problems difficult is scaling up the …

Nonfinancial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic,
racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic …

Behavioral science interventions have the potential to address longstanding policy
problems, but their effects are typically heterogeneous across contexts (eg, teachers …

Abstract The Earned Income Tax Credit distributes more than $60 billion to over 20 million
low-income families annually. Nevertheless, an estimated one-fifth of eligible households do …

While some studies suggest mobile phone–based information programs change behavior;
others find no effect. We evaluate six text message agricultural extension programs …

Family and social networks are widely believed to influence important life decisions, but
causal identification of those effects is notoriously challenging. Using data from Chile …

Informational and behavioral barriers hinder social benefit take-up. We investigate the
impact of mitigating these barriers through providing personalized information on benefits …