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Common Cents Names New Class to Advance Financial Health Using Behavioral Science
2018 partners will create behavioral interventions with Common Cents Lab to improve financial decision-making for low- to moderate-income people in America San Francisco, CA and Durham, NC – March 1, 2018 – Common Cents…
Common Cents Lab / FEBRUARY 28 2018
Common Cents Report: Hacking Human Behavior to Improve Financial Health
57 projects and experiments involving over 1.7 million people demonstrate how behavioral science is already improving financial health for half a million low-to-moderate income individuals. San Francisco, Calif. and Durham, NC – March 1,…
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By Stephanie Tepper and Emory Nelms Over the last few years, the Common Cents Lab has designed and run multiple experiments that infuse the best practices for VITA programs with insights from behavioral science….
Common Cents Lab, Money, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / DECEMBER 6 2017
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Community Color at the Carrack Modern Art
Our very own Dan Ariely will be hosting an art auction for a local Durham Art Gallery, the Carrack Modern Art, on October 13th as a part of their first annual fundraiser. Community Color is…
The Role of Random in Addressing America’s Savings Problem
America has a savings problem. The most recent U.S. Financial Health Pulse for 2019 found that 47% of people in America do not have enough savings to cover the recommended three months of…
Predicting Game: Global Health Part 3
Think you know human behavior? Are you up for another guessing game on behavioral experiments? In our last post, we told you about a behavioral intervention that our Global Health and Development team developed that…
Could Retirement Savings Be a New Form of Political Protest?
Could Retirement Savings Be a New Form of Political Protest? A few weeks ago I received a text from an old college friend , asking for some interesting financial advice. It read: Her: Hey- do…