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Weatherhead School’s Mariana Carrera discusses study on using incentives to get people to exercise

Study: Monetary incentive not effective at spurring gym attendance

UPIMariana Carrera, assistant professor of economics, conducted a study that found that monetary incentives do little to get people to exercise more at the gym, with those offered rewards going to the gym only .14 times more per week than those not offered incentives.