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Comments on contingency management and conditional cash transfers

โœ Scribed by Stephen T. Higgins

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
67 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
1057-9230

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โœฆ Synopsis

Abstract

This essay discusses research on incentiveโ€based interventions to promote healthy behavior change, contingency management (CM) and conditional cash transfers (CCT). The overarching point of the essay is that CM and CCT are often treated as distinct areas of inquiry when at their core they represent a common approach. Some potential biโ€directional benefits of recognizing this commonality are discussed. Distinct intellectual traditions probably account for the separate paths of CM and CCT to date, with the former being rooted in behavioral psychology and the latter in microeconomics. It is concluded that the emerging field of behavioral economics, which is informed by and integrates principles of each of those disciplines, may provide the proper conceptual framework for integrating CM and CCT. Copyright ยฉ 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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