Real-world experiments in messaging show that getting low-income people the help they need is more effective when stigma is reduced

Elizabeth Linos, an Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) affiliated professor and professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, co-authors a study and article with Jessica Lasky-Fink of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, examining whether low-income Americans are influenced by social stigma in their willingness to utilise government assistance.