Working Papers

As IDE scholars' projects progress, they share early-stage research through working papers that offer insights into their findings and methodology.

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Twisting the Demand Curve: Digitalization and The Older Workforce

Nov, 2020

Kristina McElheran | Visiting Scholar

Working Papers Mobile phone data for informing public health actions across the COVID-19 pandemic lifecycle

Apr 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Data-Driven Societies Research Group Lead

Nuria Oliver, Bruno Lepri, Harald Sterly, Renaud Lambiotte, Sébastien Delataille, Marco De Nadai, Emmanuel Letouzé, Albert Ali Salah, Richard Benjamins, Ciro Cattuto, Vittoria Colizza, Nicolas de Cordes, Samuel P. Fraiberger,

Till Koebe, Sune Lehmann, Juan Murillo, Phuong N Pham, Frédéric Pivetta, Jari Saramäki, Samuel V. Scarpino, Michele Tizzoni, Stefaan Verhulst, Patrick Vinck

Working Papers Rationing Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Transmission Risk and Social Benefits of US Locations

Apr 2020

Seth Benzell | Digital Fellow

Seth G. Benzell

Avinash Collis

Christos Nicolaides

Working Papers A Checklist for Prosocial Messaging Campaigns such as COVID-19 Prevention Appeals

Apr 2020

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Erez Yoeli

Working Papers Restarting the Economy and Avoiding Big Brother

Apr 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Data-Driven Societies Research Group Lead

Working Papers Don’t get it or don’t spread it? Comparing self-interested versus prosocially framed COVID-19 prevention messaging

Apr 2020

David Rand

Professor

Jillian Jordan

Erez Yoeli

Working Papers Effect of Social Distancing Measures in the New York City Metropolitan area

Mar 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Data-Driven Societies Research Group Lead

Michiel Bakker

Alex Berke

Matt Groh

Esteban Moro

Working Papers Effectiveness of social distancing strategies for protecting a community from a pandemic

Mar 2020

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Data-Driven Societies Research Group Lead

David Martín-Calvo

Alberto Aleta

Yamir Moreno

Esteban Moro

Working Papers Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy Nudge Intervention

Mar 2020

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Gordon Pennycook

Jonathon McPhetres

Yunhao Zhang

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