"After Sweden introduced the 'daddy quota' there was a really rapid increase in take-up by fathers," said Javornik, a work, care and global transitions fellow at Leeds University's school of sociology and social policy.
A revamp of the scheme in 2012 led to an increase in take-up, particularly in London where buyers can get a discount of £100,000 on the market value.
In the process, the viewing share of the five terrestrial channels has fallen from 75% in 2004 to 61% in 2008: a startling decline that is much faster than the rate of increase in take-up of digital viewing equipment, which might otherwise be seen as the proximate cause.
This example of what behavioural economists call "goal substitution"—replacing lower energy use with cleaning out the attic led to a threefold increase in take-up of an insulation grant.All this experimentation is yielding insights into which nudges give the biggest shove.
In the case of PLA with high crystallization ability, the study of structure-property relationship showed that an increase in take-up velocity led to more highly packed internal structure, which could contribute to the enhancement in tensile properties.
Yet, for those with limited abilities or interest, VR programs may instead serve to help clients understand Federal Disability Insurance programs and rules, and consequently lead to an increase in take-up (Stapleton and Martin 2012; Dean et al. 2013a).
This predicted increase in take-up, of course, will be music to the ears of those developing versions of their apps for the iPad or startups building businesses around services and wares targeting new consumption habits enabled by Apple's device and tablets in general.
The biggest rise in take up was in computing, which saw a 111.1 per cent increase in candidates to 16, 773.
Two exam boards which produce the qualifications are reporting increases in take-up.
"Labour supports academic rigour, which is why we included English and maths in performance tables and promoted an increase in the take up of separate sciences," he said.
The results show that the 2000 California energy crisis was associated with about a 15% increase in the take up of the IAC energy efficiency recommendations.
