Getting a healthy start? Nudge versus economic incentives
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Keywords
dietary choices; nudge policies; targeted benefits;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2015-04-19 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
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