Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) Project website

This website for a multi year federal government project was the first major opportunity to apply a behavioral economics lens to programs that serve poor and vulnerable families in the United States.

“Insights from behavioral economics, which combines findings from psychology and economics, suggest that a deeper understanding of decision-making and behavior could improve human services program design and outcomes. Principles from behavioral economics can both shed light on decision-making and offer new tools to improve outcomes for program participants. For example, small changes in the environment can facilitate desired behaviors, planning and commitment devices can be used to improve self-control, and default rules can produce positive outcomes even for people who fail to act.”

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/research/project/behavioral-interventions-to-advance-self-sufficiency