Nudges to Increase Completion of Welfare Applications: Experimental Evidence from Michigan
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Keywords
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; nudge; welfare-to-work; randomized controlled trial; application costs;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2021-02-01 (Experimental Economics)
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