Incentives to Exercise
Incentives to Exercise
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DOI：
10.3982/ecta7416
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
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影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Gneezy, Uri
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作者：
Charness, Gary;Gneezy, Uri
激励措施能有效地鼓励良好习惯的养成吗？我们调查了付钱让人们在一个月内多次去健身房的干预后效果。在两项研究中，我们发现相对于各自控制组的出勤率变化，干预后出勤率明显增加。这完全是由以前不经常去健身房的人推动的。在我们的第二项研究中，我们发现体重、腰围和脉搏率等健康指标有所改善，这表明干预导致了总体力活动的净增加，而不是替代了非激励的体力活动。我们认为，在习惯形成方面有经济干预的余地，特别是在健康领域。
Can incentives be effective in encouraging the development of good habits? We investigate the post-intervention effects of paying people to attend a gym a number of times during one month. In two studies we find marked attendance increases after the intervention relative to attendance changes for the respective control groups. This is entirely driven by people who did not previously attend the gym on a regular basis. In our second study, we find improvements on health indicators such as weight, waist size, and pulse rate, suggesting the intervention led to a net increase in total physical activity rather than to a substitution away from nonincentivized ones. We argue that there is scope for financial intervention in habit formation, particularly in the area of health.