American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2022 · Reshmaan Hussam、Atonu Rabbani、Giovanni Reggiani、Natalia Rigol
中文摘要
我们在印度农村洗手的情境中检验理性成瘾模型的预测,该模型被重新概念化为理性习惯形成。为追踪洗手行为,我们设计了带有定时传感器的皂液器。我们通过告知部分家庭每日洗手的回报未来将发生变化,来检验理性习惯形成。监督与激励同期提高了洗手行为,且其效果在结束后仍持续很长时间。此外,人们对这种习惯形成是理性的:当他们预期到未来的监督时,会增加当前的洗手。在所有配发皂液器的研究组中,儿童的平均体重和身高均有所增加。(JEL D12, D83, D91, I12, I18, J13, O12)
Abstract
We test the predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing in rural India. To track handwashing, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing some households about a future change in the returns to daily handwashing. Monitoring and incentives raise handwashing contemporaneously, and effects persist well after they end. In addition, people are rational about this habit formation: when they anticipate future monitoring, they increase their current handwashing. Average child weight and height increase for all study arms given soap dispensers. (JEL D12, D83, D91, I12, I18, J13, O12)