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dc.titleLessons from Behavioral Economics to Improve Treatment Adherence in Parenting Programs: An Application to SMS
dc.contributor.authorAjzenman, Nicolás
dc.contributor.authorLopez Boo, Florencia
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.date.available2019-11-06T12:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-11-06T12:00:00
dc.description.abstractA growing literature shows how insights from behavioral economics can be successfully adopted in simple interventions through SMS or other types of low-cost communications. In this short, note we provide concrete basic guidelines to design behaviorally informed messages, based on theory and our own experience. We provide examples applied to parenting interventions.
dc.format.extent15
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001981
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Lessons_from_Behavioral_Economics_to_Improve_Treatment_Adherence_in_Parenting_Programs_An_Application_to_SMS_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectMobile Phone System
dc.subjectChild Development
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectParenting Intervention
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.jelcodeJ38 - Public Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeD90 - Intertemporal Choice: General
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-01787
idb.operationRG-T3213
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