SUBPROJECT 5: BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN THE SAVINGS AND HEALTH DOMAINS This subproject involves a series of behavioral experiments designed to improve well-being. Past research has shown that framing and other kinds of """"""""choice architecture"""""""" can have a large impact on economic outcomes. This is true even when the stakes are high. However, researchers and policy-makers still have only a rudimentary understanding of how and why these framing manipulations work. The behavioral experiments we propose will advance our understanding of these mechanisms. The experiments will evaluate decision-making in the domains of retirement savings and health, both areas with important consequences for social welfare. In the domain of retirement savings, we will evaluate how choice architecture impacts savings plan participation, savings rates, and annuitization choices at the time of retirement. In the health domain, we will evaluate how choice architecture impacts the utilization of preventative and diagnostic health services. The proposed research will (i) develop interventions for behavior change that build on successful previous interventions and that are inexpensive and scalable, and (ii) study and refine the mechanisms that made those previous interventions work. The planned research will help organizations and policymakers better understand how to use choice architecture when designing decision-making environments. In addition, the proposed research will help identify the general economic and psychological principles that underlie the operation of these framing effects.

Public Health Relevance

This project will examine how choice architecture can (a) improve the financial outcomes of individuals in retirement, and (b) promote health behaviors with both short- and long-term consequences. Better health and financial decision-making have a direct impact on individual welfare;they also improve welfare more broadly, as many of the costs of poor financial and health choices are borne by society at large.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
2P01AG005842-25
Application #
8265800
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-9 (02))
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2011-09-30
Budget End
2012-08-31
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$200,363
Indirect Cost
Name
National Bureau of Economic Research
Department
Type
DUNS #
054552435
City
Cambridge
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02138
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