PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - David R. Just
AU  - Joseph Price
TI  - Using Incentives to Encourage Healthy Eating in Children
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.48.4.855
DP  - 2013 Oct 02
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 855--872
VI  - 48
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/4/855.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/48/4/855.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2013 Oct 02; 48
AB  - There is growing interest in the situations in which incentives have a significant effect on positive behaviors, particularly in children. Using a randomized field experiment, we find that incentives increase the fraction of children eating a serving of fruits or vegetables during lunch by 80 percent and reduce the amount of waste by 33 percent. At schools with a larger fraction of low-income children, the increase in the fraction of children who eat a serving of fruits or vegetables is even larger, indicating that incentives successfully target the children who are likely to benefit the most from the increased consumption.