Nudging in education

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 64, Issue , 2018, Pages 313-342

  Damgaard, Mette Trier ^a   Nielsen, Helena Skyt ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavioural bias; Boost policies; Human capital investment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 85045113690     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.03.008     Document Type: Review

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