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Common Cents Lab Opens Applications for 2019 Financial Services Projects
Each year, the Common Cents Lab collaborates with chosen financial services providers to custom design, test, and launch new features and products that aim to increase financial well-being for 1.8 million low- to moderate-income…
Common Cents Lab / OCTOBER 29 2018
Does Thinking About Your Spouse Change Your Financial Behavior?
By Wendy De La Rosa and Tuo Yang Take a moment and think about the most important financial decisions you make in your life: buying a house, investing for retirement, or saving for your kids’…
Common Cents Lab, Improve Cash Flow Management, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / OCTOBER 17 2018
Applying Behavioral Science to Improve Retention Among Financial Coaching Programs
Whether it’s our morning routines or how we relax, a lot of how we behave from one day to the next is out of habit and we don’t give it a lot of thought….
Common Cents Lab / APRIL 10 2018
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B.E. For Dogs: Lack of Self-Control
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine…
Why Vaccinations Are Underutilized – and How Behavioral Science Can Help
Vaccination is one of the most effective public health interventions of our time. Each year, vaccination prevents 2.5 million deaths in children under age five. For older adults, vaccines reduce heart attack, pneumonia,…
Using Behavioral Science to Promote Gender Diversity in Organizations
March 8th is International Women’s Day, a celebrated recognition of women’s achievements. The holiday was first established over a century ago, in 1909, when it was designated to honor women who had protested to…
B.E. For Dogs: Planning Fallacy
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine…