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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Many industrialized countries have recognized the need to mitigate energy cost
    increases faced by low-income households by fostering the adoption of energy-efficient
    technologies. How to meet this need is an open question, but “behavioral insights”
    are likely components of future policy designs. Applying well-established behavioral
    insights to low-income house- holds raises questions of transportability as they
    are typically underrepresented in the existing evidence base. We illustrate this
    problem by conducting a randomized field experiment on scalable, low-cost design
    elements to improve program take-up in one of the world’s largest en- ergy efficiency
    assistance programs. Observing investment decisions of over 1,800 low-income households
    in Germany’s “Refrigerator Replacement Program”, we find that the transportabil-
    ity problem is real and consequential: First, the most effective policy design
    would not have been chosen based on existing behavioral insights. Second, design
    elements favored by these insights either prove ineffective or even backfire,
    violating ‘do no harm’ principles of policy advice. Systematic testing remains
    crucial for addressing the transportability problem, partic- ularly for policies
    targeting vulnerable groups.\r\n@eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Martin
      foaf_name: Kesternich, Martin
      foaf_surname: Kesternich
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=98922
    orcid: 0000-0002-0653-7680
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Bettina
      foaf_name: Chlond , Bettina
      foaf_surname: 'Chlond '
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: 'Timo '
      foaf_name: 'Goeschl, Timo '
      foaf_surname: Goeschl
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Madeline
      foaf_name: Werthschulte, Madeline
      foaf_surname: Werthschulte
  dct_date: 2024^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: ' AWI Discussion Paper Series No. 755@'
  dct_subject:
  - Transportability
  - low-income households
  - field experiment
  - randomized controlled trial
  - governmental welfare programs
  - energy efficiency
  - technology adoption
  dct_title: 'Transporting behavioral insights to low-income households: A field experiment
    on energy efficiency investments@'
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