302:, Kapteyn, Glinert, Hung, and Heinberg, evaluated different mediums of educational programs aimed at to educate adults about risk diversification. The work cites risk diversification as an "essential concept for financial decision-making". Their research found that videos are the most effective means of communicating financial literacy, which highlighted the power of online media in educating and altering the decisions of recipients.
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In 2012, Samek helped launch a large-scale project called the
Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center (CHECC). Samek and a team of scholars sought to understand the academic achievement gap and how early childhood education interventions may reduce it. The research found that preschool programs and
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Samek and Chuan explored how the manipulation of allowing a donor to give a card along with their donation, an act meant to add meaning to the transaction, affects their giving rates. It was discovered that this manipulation caused a social pressure effect as "small donors feel that they should be
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analyzed how individual incentives and educational messaging affect the food choice of children. They discovered that when the two interventions were applied in tandem, they held an important influence in increasing the rate at which children opt for healthier snacks. Notably, the research showed
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Sheremeta investigated how the act of recognizing donors affects the extent of contributions to public goods. They found that recognizing all or solely the lowest donors significantly increases contributions, while recognizing the highest donors has no effect on the extent of
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Physical and Mental Health
Correlates of Perceived Financial Exploitation in Older Adults: Preliminary Findings from the Finance, Cognition, and Health in Elders Study (FINCHES), with Gali H. Weissberger, Laura Mosqueda, Annie L. Nguyen, Patricia A. Boyle, Caroline P. Nguyen and S. Duke Han,
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The CHECC results not only allow us to provide quality early childhood education but also help inform us about how to most effectively develop early childhood programs. We are excited to move forward as we continue to provide the
Chicago Heights community quality early childhood
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that the effects of the experiment continued to spill over after its completion, suggesting that individual incentives and education messaging encourages habit-building among children.
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Toward an understanding of the development of time preferences: Evidence from field experiments, with Jim
Andreoni, John List, Michael Kuhn, Kevin Sokal and Charles Sprenger,
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Narratives: New Ways to Improve Financial Literacy, with Annamaria Lusardi, Arie Kapteyn, Angela Hung, Lewis Glinert and Aileen Heinberg,
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Capacity and Financial Decisions of Low-to-Moderate Income First-Time Home- buyers, with Stephanie Moulton, Cäzilia Loibl and Michael Collins,
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Among other papers, Samek's work analyzes how different modes of education can effect early childhood learning and adult financial decision-making.
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contribution at all. It was concluded from the study that "aversion from shame" is more powerful than "anticipation of prestige".
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Do Thank-You Calls Increase Charitable Giving? Expert Forecasts and Field Experimental Evidence, with Chuck Longfield,
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Using Online Compound Interest Tools to Improve Financial Literacy, with Percival Matthews and Edward Hubbard,
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The Effect of Early Education on Social Preferences, with Alexander Cappelen, Bertil Tungodden, and John List,
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Lusardi, Annamaria; Samek, Anya; Kapteyn, Arie; Glinert, Lewis; Hung, Angela; Heinberg, Aileen (July 2017).
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Dynamic Inconsistency in Food Choice: Evidence from a Food Desert, with Charlie Sprenger and Sally Sadoff,
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