Effects on Knowledge of Nudging Citizens with Information

Morten Jakobsen and Søren Serritzlew

International Journal of Public Administration, 2016, vol. 39, issue 6, 449-458

Abstract: Nudging is a policy instrument that can affect citizen behavior, often by providing information. We argue that nudging can also affect citizens’ knowledge, which can become the basis for future choices. In this manner, providing information can make the nudging initiative stick. We test the effect of an information treatment on three types of knowledge in a field experiment. The treatment consists of information on reading strategies designed to nudge parents to read with their children, randomly assigned to 1438 families. We show how nudging by providing information does in fact increase parents’ knowledge, irrespective of socio-economic background.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2015.1020550

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