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Field Before After
Trial Status in_development completed
Last Published December 14, 2016 05:31 AM April 07, 2025 10:01 AM
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date April 10, 2017
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 2 clusters (control and treatment group)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 2463 individuals
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms 1232 individuals control group, 1231 individuals treatment group
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? Yes
Restricted Data Contact [email protected]
Program Files No
Data Collection Completion Date July 01, 2017
Is data available for public use? No
Keyword(s) Health Health
Building on Existing Work No
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Papers

Field Before After
Paper Abstract In a randomized field experiment, we show that a low-cost intervention, weekly email reminders, increases the weekly exercising frequency of gym members by 13%, with the effect being larger for class training (19%) than for free training (11%). We find that nearly all types of individuals benefit from the reminders (e.g., students, nonstudents, women, men, new members, recurring members), and this effect persists in a three-month posttreatment period. Furthermore, the increase in class visits is partly driven by an increase in the number of bookings of gym classes and a slight decrease in the share of bookings that are canceled. Limited attention and habit formation can best explain these results. In contrast to the increase in gym attendance, we do not find any effect on the duration and renewal of membership contracts.
Paper Citation Habla, W., Muller, P. Experimental evidence of limited attention at the gym. Exp Econ 24, 1156–1184 (2021).
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-020-09693-5
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