How effective is nudging? A quantitative review on the effect sizes and limits of empirical nudging studies

Hummel, Dennis; Maedche, Alexander

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2019.03.005

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“…But such findings do not invalidate the nudge approach as a whole. As long as enough nudge interventions work—as seems to be the case—and we can separate effective from ineffective nudge policies, the nudge approach can still produce valuable policies (Arno & Thomas, ; Hummel & Maedche, ). Nudges typically lend themselves nicely to an evidence‐based approach to policymaking and can often even be tested through randomized control trials.…”

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The ethics of nudging: An overview

2020

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So‐called nudge policies utilize insights from behavioral science to achieve policy outcomes. Nudge policies try to improve people's decisions by changing the ways options are presented to them, rather than changing the options themselves or incentivizing or coercing people. Nudging has been met with great enthusiasm but also fierce criticism. This paper provides an overview of the debate on the ethics of nudging to date. After outlining arguments in favor of nudging, we first discuss different objections that all revolve around the worry that nudging vitiates personal autonomy. We split up this worry into different dimensions of autonomy, such as freedom of choice, volitional autonomy, rational agency, and freedom as nondomination. We next discuss worries that nudging is manipulative, violates human dignity, and prevents more important structural reform. Throughout, we will present responses that proponents of nudging can muster. On the whole, we conclude that the objections fail to establish that the nudge program as a whole should be rejected. At the same time, they give us important guidance when moving towards an ethical assessment of nudges on a case‐by‐case basis. Towards the end, we provide some possible ways forward in debates around the ethics of nudging.

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Section: Arguments For Nudgingmentioning

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The ethics of nudging: An overview

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“…A review on nudging by Szaszi et al (2018) found that 42% of the identified studies were focused on promoting health, while only 4% were focused on nudges in the field of education. Additionally, a meta-analysis on the application of nudges by Hummel and Maedche (2019) showed that none of 96 analyzed nudging studies was conducted in the context of education. The present paper aims to close this gap.…”

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Nudging in education: from theory towards guidelines for successful implementation

2020

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Nudging is one of the strategies from behavioral economics that aims to influence behavior by changing the environment. We propose that it could also be a valuable means to influence behavior in educational contexts. However, implementation of nudging in education is yet sparse. We describe the relevant issues to consider when applying nudging in education, arguing that a focus on the long-term effects and underlying processes of a nudge is necessary for successful implementation. Then, we aim to facilitate this implementation of nudging in education by making a distinction between nudges that is relevant for overcoming these issues. Based on the framework proposed by Hansen and Jespersen (European Journal of Risk Regulation, 4(1), 3-28, 2013), we distinguish between Type 1 and Type 2 nudges, and transparent and non-transparent nudges, resulting in four nudge categories. For each of these nudge categories, we determine its suitability for different educational goals. The resulting decision matrix can help researchers and practitioners when designing nudges for an educational context.

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“…In IS research, nudging has become more and more relevant and has led to the concept of digital nudging [4,10]. Today's decisions are made online and digital nudging can support individuals in guiding them in a certain direction [11].…”

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“…In summary, offline nudges cannot be used in and applied to the digital environment [4]. It remains unclear which and how offline nudges can be transferred to online settings [10].…”

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Understanding User Preferences of Digital Privacy Nudges – A Best-Worst Scaling Approach

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Janson

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Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Digital nudging in privacy has become more important to protect users of information systems while working with privacy-related data. Nudging is about altering a user's behavior without forbidding any options. Several approaches exist to "nudge" users to change their behavior. Regarding the usage of digital privacy nudges, research still has to understand the meaning and relevance of individual nudges better. Therefore, this paper compares the preferences of users for different digital nudges. To achieve this goal, it presents the results of a so-called best-worst scaling. This study contributes to theory by providing a better understanding of user preferences regarding design variations of digital nudges. We support practitioners by giving implications on how to design digital nudges in terms of user preferences. PublicAl l workspace members can join 75% of your colleagues do not share their phone number with others.You have published 80% of your private informations Closed channels can only beused with an invitation and are not visible in the channel list. PrivatBy default, these channels are private Cl os ed channels ca n only be used with an i nvi tation an a re not vi sible in the channel list Privat Anna, Andreas, Nicole, and 26 others can see this message

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How effective is nudging? A quantitative review on the effect sizes and limits of empirical nudging studies

Cited by 370 publications

References 75 publications

The ethics of nudging: An overview

The ethics of nudging: An overview

Nudging in education: from theory towards guidelines for successful implementation

Understanding User Preferences of Digital Privacy Nudges – A Best-Worst Scaling Approach

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