Replication data for: Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Xavier Giné; Dean Karlan; Jonathan Zinman
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Project Citation:
Giné, Xavier, Karlan, Dean, and Zinman, Jonathan. Replication data for: Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113767V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We designed and tested a voluntary commitment product to help smokers quit smoking. The product (CARES) offered smokers a savings account in which they deposit funds for six months, after which they take a urine test for nicotine and cotinine. If they pass, their money is returned; otherwise, their money is forfeited to charity. Of
smokers offered CARES, 11 percent took up, and smokers randomly offered CARES were 3 percentage points more likely to pass the 6-month test than the control group. More importantly, this effect
persisted in surprise tests at 12 months, indicating that CARES produced
lasting smoking cessation. (JEL D12, I12, O15)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
I12 Health Behavior
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
I12 Health Behavior
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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