Job Fairs and Firm Recruitment in Addis Ababa

Last registered on March 23, 2018
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Job Fairs and Firm Recruitment in Addis Ababa
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0001495
Initial registration date
August 15, 2016

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First published
August 15, 2016, 6:56 PM EDT

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Last updated
March 23, 2018, 3:08 PM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
Ethiopia
Region
Stanford

Primary Investigator

Name
Simon Franklin
Affiliation
London School of Economics
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Forhad Shilpi
PI Affiliation
World Bank
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PI Name
Paolo Falco
PI Affiliation
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PI Name
Girum Abebe
PI Affiliation
Ethiopian Development Research Institute
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PI Name
Stefano Caria
PI Affiliation
University of Oxford
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PI Name
Simon Quinn
PI Affiliation
University of Oxford
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PI Name
Marcel Fafchamps
PI Affiliation
World Bank
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2014-04-01
End date
2015-12-01
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
Job search, matching, firms, hiring, recruitment
JEL code(s)
O12, O18, J22
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We test whether matching frictions, due to search costs and asymmetric information, reduce youth employment in the labour market. To do this we organised large job fairs where workers and firms meet with minimal search costs, and randomly invited job-seekers and firms drawn from samples representative of the labour market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The firms were surveyed at a baseline and endline survey on either side of the job fairs, with midline data collection of firm hiring behaviour before and after the job fairs. This pre-analysis plan outlines how we will analyse the firm data to study the impact of attending the job fairs.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Abebe, Girum et al. 2018. "Job Fairs and Firm Recruitment in Addis Ababa." AEA RCT Registry. March 23. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1495-2.0
Former Citation
Abebe, Girum et al. 2018. "Job Fairs and Firm Recruitment in Addis Ababa." AEA RCT Registry. March 23. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1495/history/27157
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
See our full (publicly available) pre-analysis plan attached.
Intervention Start Date
2014-10-01
Intervention End Date
2015-03-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)
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Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
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Randomization Method
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Randomization Unit
Firms
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
493 firms
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
245 firms treatment, 248 firms control.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
University of Oxford: CENTRAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE (CUREC)
IRB Approval Date
2013-09-05
IRB Approval Number
1314/0023
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

Job Fairs and Firm Recruitment in Addis Ababa: Pre-Analysis Plan

MD5: a3a7214103f6f363aba42e261b7cb6e7

SHA1: cae17e15895d41ecde29d17a47835a258e294551

Uploaded At: August 15, 2016

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
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Reports & Other Materials