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Psychology, Economic Policy Design, and Implementation: Contributing to the Understanding of Economic Policy Failures in Africa

open access: yesJournal of Social and Political Psychology, 2014
When designing economic policies, policy makers work with the assumption that targeted beneficiaries would respond in a manner that would lead to success of the policy.
Seth Oppong
doaj   +1 more source

Preference for increasing wages: How do people value various streams of income?

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2013
Prior studies have found that subjects prefer an improving sequence of income over a constant sequence, even if the constant sequence offers a larger present-discounted value. However, little is known about how these preferences vary with the size of the
Sean Duffy, John Smith
doaj   +1 more source

Examining psychology of science as a potential contributor to science policy [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
The psychology of science is the least developed member of the family of science studies. It is growing, however, increasingly into a promising discipline. After a very brief review of this emerging sub-field of psychology, we call for it to be invited into the collection of social sciences that constitute the interdisciplinary field of science policy.
arxiv  

Can Positive Psychology Improve Psychological Well-Being and Economic Decision-Making? Experimental Evidence from Kenya

open access: yesEconomic development and cultural change, 2020
We conduct a randomized experiment to evaluate the effect of a light-touch, low-cost psychological intervention on psychological well-being and economic decision-making in a developing country setting.
Victoria Baranov   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Managing mental & psychological wellbeing amidst COVID-19 pandemic: Positive psychology interventions [PDF]

open access: yesThe American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, 2021, Vol. 4, Issue 3, Pages 121-131, 2021
COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the roots of healthcare facilities worldwide, with the US being one of the most affected countries irrespective of being a superpower. Along with the current pandemic, COVID-19 can cause a secondary crisis of mental health pandemic if left unignored.
arxiv  

A representação da desigualdade econômica em crianças e adolescentes de nível socioeconômico diferentes The representation of economic inequality in children and adolescents of different social economical status

open access: yesPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2006
Existe uma controvérsia na literatura relativa ao desenvolvimento da representação da desigualdade econômica. A questão levantada por estas investigações é: Os atributos do conhecimento desta noção de desigualdade econômica são coletivos ou individuais ...
Antonio Roazzi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simple models predict behavior at least as well as behavioral scientists [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
How accurately can behavioral scientists predict behavior? To answer this question, we analyzed data from five studies in which 640 professional behavioral scientists predicted the results of one or more behavioral science experiments. We compared the behavioral scientists' predictions to random chance, linear models, and simple heuristics like ...
arxiv  

Guilt aversion in economics and psychology [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Economic Psychology, 2019
We investigate whether the concept of guilt aversion in economics is related to the psychological characterization of the same phenomenon. For trust games and dictator games we report correlations between the guilt sensitivity measured within a framework of psychological games most common in economics and the guilt sensitivity measured using a ...
Charles Bellemare   +3 more
openaire   +7 more sources

Water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Human Biology, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objectives This study examines the associations between water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health among 225 Awajún adults (107 women; 118 men) living in the Peruvian Amazon, a “water‐abundant” region.
Paula Skye Tallman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psicologia economica e fiscale tra occultamento e ‘spinte gentili’

open access: yesNarrare i Gruppi, 2020
Economic and fiscal psychology between concealment and 'gentle pushes' ----- Abstract --- The history of both psychology and economics is a long succession of mutual ‘contaminations’.
Luigi Ferrari
doaj  

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