Presenter: Dr Ong Qiyan
Research Fellow, Social Service Research Centre
Time: 4pm to 5:30pm
Venue: AS7-01-17, The Shaw Foundation Building, Block AS7, Level 1
National University of Singapore, 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570

Abstract:
This presentation will provide a brief introduction to behavioural science and how behavioural science has been employed in social programmes worldwide to improve programme effectiveness. Based on findings from a study on low-income Singaporean households with debt, it will then discuss how behavioural science may be incorporated in the local context to develop programmes targeted at low-income households..

Presenter’s profile:
Qiyan is a research fellow with the Social Service Research Centre. She specializes in using behavioral and applied economics to study individual decision-making and the effects and performances of different policy designs. Her research spans a range of behavioral domains. Her recent research includes studies on cognitive reasons for debt in low-income households, performance of transnational marriage support programs and social service office models, as well as performance of different types of incentives on motivating prosocial behavior.

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