The impact of high-frequency survey participation on job take-up

Last registered on May 09, 2018
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
The impact of high-frequency survey participation on job take-up
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002657
Initial registration date
January 16, 2018

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First published
January 17, 2018, 7:18 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
May 09, 2018, 1:35 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Germany
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Mario Lawes
Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Clemens Hetschko
PI Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin and Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit)
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PI Name
Michael Eid
PI Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin
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PI Name
Ronnie Schöb
PI Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin
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PI Name
Gesine Stephan
PI Affiliation
Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2018-01-17
End date
2021-06-30
Keywords
Labor, Welfare
Additional Keywords
job search, survey participation, survey apps
JEL code(s)
J64: Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We want to investigate whether the participation in a app-based panel survey affects job seekers' duration of unemployment. Participants of a high-frequency panel survey on job seekers' well-being serve as treatment group. A randomly chosen subsample of job seekers who agreed to participate in the survey, too, are excluded from the survey to build the control group. The survey data are merged with Information about employment status from administrative records. Members of both groups must approve of the linkage of their survey data with the administrative information.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Eid, Michael et al. 2018. "The impact of high-frequency survey participation on job take-up." AEA RCT Registry. May 09. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2657-2.0
Former Citation
Eid, Michael et al. 2018. "The impact of high-frequency survey participation on job take-up." AEA RCT Registry. May 09. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2657/history/29257
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
High frequency and intensive survey on various indicators of well-being, health, personality, socio-demographic characteristics, job attributes, and coping behavior.
Intervention Start Date
2018-01-17
Intervention End Date
2019-06-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
duration of job search
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
relocation, commuting when reemployed, wage when reemployed, future unemployment probability, characteristics of future employer (e.g. company size)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
About 600 participants of a large panel study (total N=1,600) will be randomly chosen and excluded from the survey.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
random number generator
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
treatment is not clustered
Sample size: planned number of observations
1,600 workers
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1,000 workers participating in the repeated survey (experimental condition), 600 workers who do not participate in the repeated survey although they intended to (control group)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Ethics commision of the Department of Psychology at Freie Universität Berlin
IRB Approval Date
2017-12-13
IRB Approval Number
N/A
Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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