How well do mandates work to change behavior?

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The Biden administration implemented a vaccine mandate in September that would require any business with at least 100 employees to require vaccinations or weekly COVID-19 testing.

That requirement, which impacts more that 80 million workers in the private sector, was halted this weekend by a federal appeals court.

With all of the legal maneuvering and political posturing taking place one important question remains: How effective are mandates for changing or impacting behavior?

A recent University of Pennsylvania study researched this very issue and found that mandates do, in fact, work.

Professor Dolores Albarracin, Ph.D., is a social psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and the lead study author. She will appear on Smart Talk Tuesday to share details of their findings.

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