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Harvard Medical School professor Nicholas A. Christakis and economics professor David I. Laibson ’88 each received a grant of about $1.5 million from the National Institute on Aging to implement research geared toward enhancing the quality of life...
...part of the National Institutes of Health—seeks to help society acclimatize to an aging population, according to Richard M. Suzman ’64, director of the NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research, which funds the Roybal Centers. Christakis and Laibson will lead two of the four newly designated Centers...
...Laibson, whose Roybal Center is based at the National Bureau of Economic Research, said that he will utilize his grant money to focus on the influence of behavior in health. Using a combination of psychology and economics, Laibson said his objective is to encourage successful financial decision-making practices and devise new interventions to improve health outcomes...
...Laibson will collaborate with Harvard Kennedy School Professor Brigitte C. Madrian, Yale School of Management Professor James J. Choi ’98, and post-doctoral fellow at the NBER John Beshears ’04. Laibson said his team’s research will work to “[bring] back grandmother’s and grandfather’s advice”—such as getting regular flu shots—to the modern...
...work to help people to make better choices by gently pushing them in the right direction. If they aren’t gently nudged, they procrastinate or they get confused,” Laibson said. “It could be something like saving more for retirement, enrolling in a 401K plan, diversifying your portfolio...