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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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How can public health organizations recruit diverse talent?
We are running a “megastudy” to test over a dozen interventions aimed at recruiting nurses and nursing assistants to Denmark.
How do we attract diverse talent to government jobs?
Reframing government job ads changes who is likely to apply for a job in government.
How do public service fellowship programs impact fellows’ mindsets and career trajectories?
We are examining how participation in public sector fellowship programs affects fellows’ mindsets and career trajectories.
Does simplifying application processes improve recruitment efforts in the public sector?
We analyze factors impacting candidate persistence in a large police department’s recruitment and selection process and show that light-touch nudges can cut lengthy hiring times.
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