赌一把自费承诺合同能否遏制健身拖延症？

IF 3.4 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Journal of Health Economics Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2024.102943

Devon Spika , Linnea Wickström Östervall , Ulf Gerdtham , Erik Wengström

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我们研究了如何利用一种高度可扩展的干预措施来帮助个人实现体育锻炼目标：自费承诺合同。通过随机试验，我们在瑞典斯德哥尔摩一家健身房的 1629 名会员中比较了软（无激励）合同和硬（有激励）合同的效果。我们发现，硬性合同对健身房月访问量和达到合同目标的概率有明显的积极影响。与对照组相比，签订硬性合同会使健身房的访问量大幅增加 21%，而签订软性合同则会使访问量增加 8%。

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Put a bet on it: Can self-funded commitment contracts curb fitness procrastination?

We investigate the use of a highly scalable intervention to help individuals achieve their physical activity goals: self-funded commitment contracts. Using a randomised experiment, we compare the effect of soft (non-incentivised) and hard (incentivised) contracts among 1629 members of a gym in Stockholm, Sweden. We find a significant positive impact of being offered a hard contract on monthly visits to the gym and the probability of meeting one’s contract goal. Relative to the control group, being offered a hard contract significantly increases gym visits by 21%, while being offered a soft contract leads to an 8% increase.

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Journal of Health Economics 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

2.90%

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审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： This journal seeks articles related to the economics of health and medical care. Its scope will include the following topics: Production and supply of health services; Demand and utilization of health services; Financing of health services; Determinants of health, including investments in health and risky health behaviors; Economic consequences of ill-health; Behavioral models of demanders, suppliers and other health care agencies; Evaluation of policy interventions that yield economic insights; Efficiency and distributional aspects of health policy; and such other topics as the Editors may deem appropriate.