Abstract Governments use nudges to stimulate citizens exercise, save money and eat healthily. However, nudging is controversial. How the media frames nudge impacts decisions on whether this policy instrument. We, therefore, analyzed 443 newspaper articles about nudging. Overall, was positive nudges. Nudging viewed as an effective efficient way change behavior received considerable support acros...

We assess whether a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate Economics. randomly assigned over 2,200 students message with basic information about the Economics major; combined an emphasis on rewarding careers or financial returns associated no message. Messages increased proportion of first generation underrepresented minority (URM) majoring by ...