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Does reducing stigma increase the take-up of rental assistance?
Subtle language changes in city communications can decrease stigma surrounding the receipt of rental assistance and increase interest in and application requests for city assistance programs.
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Does the presentation of information affect residents’ response to government communications?
Residents are more likely to act on government communications that use a formal tone and appearance, in part because formality acts as a signal for credibility and importance.
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What predicts policymakers’ decisions to adopt evidence-based strategies?
Organizational inertia may explain why only about 30% of behavioral interventions tested in field experiments end up being adopted by the city department that tested them.
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Can sharing positive feedback for public workers improve residents’ views of the public sector and public servants’ wellbeing?
The People Lab is designing a series of studies to better understand whether soliciting and sharing positive feedback with public servants affects wellbeing, as well as residents’ perceptions.
What predicts the public’s views about government workers?
The People Lab is conducting a series of online studies to better understand stereotypes about government workers, what predicts these views, and how they relate to policy-relevant outcomes.
What factors motivate policymakers’ demand for evidence-based solutions?
The People Lab is designing a series of online experiments to better understand what factors drive interest in and demand for evidence-based solutions among policymakers.
How does stigma affect participation in the social safety net?
The People Lab is quantifying the role of stigma in directly and indirectly impacting take-up of critical social safety net programs in the US.
What can we learn from public servants about the state of local government work?
The People Lab is conducting an annual survey of city employees across the US to better understand their experiences, perceptions, and beliefs.
How can we leverage LLM chatbots to support policymakers’ in understanding and using evidence?
The People Lab is working with a team of researchers and developers to create an AI-driven “PolicyBot” designed to support policymakers’ in understanding, translating, and using evidence.
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