General Information
Organisation's name
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
The Team
Does the team works with government(s) on applying BI to public policy?
The team is part of:
Part of federal government
Number of people that apply behavioural science in the team:
6
Approximate date of team creation:
03 2015
Activities
Activities in which the unit has been involved
Conducting experiments to measure behavioural impact, Evaluating behavioural impact in other ways (beyond experiments), Providing advice on policy implementation relying on existing evidence, Providing advice on policy design relying on existing evidence, Analyzing data about individual behavioura to look for patterns and/or predict behaviors, Delivering training and education
Policy area(s)
Labour and Employment, Social Welfare
Tools used to measure the effect of intervention
Randomized control trials or A/B tests, Surveys, Before and after comparisons of the target outcome
Number of experiments in the last twelve months: 1