State supported Covid-19 nudges only really worked on the young
Who says young people never listen? A study in Sweden examining responses to state-backed nudges to get Covid-19 vaccination appointments booked has found that 16- to 17-year-olds responded much more strongly to prompts by letter, text, or email than 50- to 59-year-olds.
At first glance, the result, published in an article in Oxford Open Economics, is paradoxical. Older people who are much more vulnerable to the virus...