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100 1 _aMilkman, Katherine L.
245 1 0 _aUsing Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates /
_cKatherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource:
_billustrations (black and white);
490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w17183
500 _aJune 2011.
520 3 _aWe evaluate the results of a field experiment designed to measure the effect of prompts to form implementation intentions on realized behavioral outcomes. The outcome of interest is influenza vaccination receipt at free on-site clinics offered by a large firm to its employees. All employees eligible for study participation received reminder mailings that listed the times and locations of the relevant vaccination clinics. Mailings to employees randomly assigned to the treatment conditions additionally included a prompt to write down either (1) the date the employee planned to be vaccinated or (2) the date and time the employee planned to be vaccinated. Vaccination rates increased when these implementation intentions prompts were included in the mailing. The vaccination rate among control condition employees was 33.1%. Employees who received the prompt to write down just a date had a vaccination rate 1.5 percentage points higher than the control group, a difference that is not statistically significant. Employees who received the more specific prompt to write down both a date and a time had a 4.2 percentage point higher vaccination rate, a difference that is both statistically significant and of meaningful magnitude.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aD03 - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aI10 - General
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aJ18 - Public Policy
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700 1 _aBeshears, John.
700 1 _aChoi, James J.
_97990
700 1 _aLaibson, David.
700 1 _aMadrian, Brigitte C.
_915834
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w17183.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w17183
856 _yAcceso en lĂ­nea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w17183
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