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Five Tips for Keeping Your Savings Resolution in 2021
Many people use the turning of the calendar as a chance to begin anew and make specific lifestyle improvements. This has probably never been truer than for those ready to leave 2020 behind….
Common Cents Lab, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / JANUARY 15 2021
Common Cents Lab Global Team Is Calling for Letters of Intent From China
Researchers who are interested will partner with financial services providers to pilot and test behaviorally-informed solutions to improve financial wellbeing of their clientele. This field-based research will be complemented with analysis of existing administrative data to evaluate solutions…
Common Cents Lab / DECEMBER 9 2020
Introducing Common Cents Lab Global
Introduction Throughout this year (2020), the Common Cents Lab has been working on the expansion of our applied behavioral research approach to improve the financial health of low- to moderate- income (LMI) households in…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / OCTOBER 16 2020
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The Ultimate Behavioral Science Playlist: Appeal
By Aline Holzwarth Illustrations by Matt Trower We have joined together with other behavioral scientists to compile a playlist of over 5 hours of songs from a diverse range of genres that each, in…
Digit Launches New Tax Feature to Automate Refund Savings
This tax season Digit simplifies saving refunds worth $125 billion SAN FRANCISCO, February 11, 2016 – Digit <https://digit.co>, the popular automated savings tool, in collaboration with CommonCents Lab, the financial decision making lab funded…
Be Happy! The Super Bowl Blackout was a Collectable Experience
Collectable experiences are defined as unique, unusual, novel, or extreme experiences. Instead of viewing the Super Bowl blackout of 2013 as a frustrating experience, view it as a “collectable experience” and you will enjoy…
Resources to fight racism
By Catherine Berman, Matt Trower & Aline Holzwarth On June 10, 2020, our lab joined the campaign to #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, #Strike4BlackLives, and reinvigorate our collective commitment to anti-racism. In this moment of global uprising,…