Archive for category Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Economists Challenge Outcomes-Based Wellness Incentives
Posted by Bob M. in Behavioral Economics, Employee Wellness Programs, Incentives, Uncategorized on March 27, 2012
I’ve had to eat so much crow since I started posting on this blog, you’d think I would’ve acquired a taste for it by now. My latest sampling was served up courtesy of behavioral economists and their connection, or lack thereof, to outcomes-based employee health incentives.
In one of my least popular posts ever, Be Afraid: Behavioral Economics and Outcomes-Based Wellness (May 2011), I criticized corporate benefits managers who, I argued, relied on the research of behavioral economists to Read the rest of this entry »
Buddy System Trumps Incentives in New Study
Posted by Bob M. in Behavioral Economics, Coaching, Incentives, Uncategorized on March 27, 2012
A new study that flew under the radar of most wellness professionals may have major implications for our understanding of how to influence health behavior and the role of outcomes-based incentives. Read the rest of this entry »

