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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,…
Looking for an impact idea for next year’s tax season? We got you covered.
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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Help surprise Dan for his 50th birthday
People all over the world will photograph themselves holding a sign with one word, which will be combined into a birthday story sent to Dan Ariely for his 50th birthday, this April 29th If…
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab Dan Ariely’s Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Startup Lab, which begins October 2016. Health and…
All You Need Is a Little Encouragement from Your Friends
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. My phone buzzes with a text. “Who’s running?” asks my friend Ankoor. ?♀️ replies Eileen; she’s in. I perform a slow mental wince at the…
Saving By Spending
This week, I visited a camera store to order two enlarged prints as a gift. I don’t order photo prints very often; in fact, I’m not sure that I have ever ordered prints aside…