Here's a paper, just published this week, which reports (now among other things) a field-in-the-lab experiment begun in August 2010 (when my coauthor Judd was just a kid--see photo below:-) It was motivated by the shortage in organ transplants that has only grown since that time, because the growth in transplants hasn't kept pace with the growth in kidney disease.
Increasing Organ Donor Registration as a Means to Increase Transplantation: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations by Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy vol. 17, no. 2, May 2025 (pp. 60–83)
Abstract: The United States has a severe shortage of organs for transplant. Recently—inspired by research based on hypothetical choices—jurisdictions have tried to increase organ donor registrations by changing how the registration question is asked. We evaluate these changes with a novel "field-in-the-lab" experiment, in which subjects change their real organ donor status, and with new donor registration data collected from US states. A "yes/no" frame is not more effective than an "opt-in" frame, contradicting conclusions based on hypothetical choices, but other question wording can matter, and asking individuals to reconsider their donor status increases registrations.
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Earlier:
Monday, July 22, 2024 Don't take "No" for an answer in deceased organ donor registration (a paper forthcoming after ten+ years)
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Don't take "No" for an answer: a reconsideration of how to do deceased donor registration
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Pro-social behavior of all kinds: Judd Kessler
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