Using Behavioural Insights to Argue for a Stronger Social Safety Net: Beyond Libertarian Paternalism

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 231-249

  Curchin, Katherine ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLICY APPROACH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 84992109317     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279416000672     Document Type: Review

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