AEA RCT Registry currently lists 12514 studies with locations in 171 countries.
This study evaluates whether an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can improve job search outcomes for young people seeking work in Argentina. The project focuses on applicants to a youth employability program who were not admitted to the program but are actively looking for employment. Participants will be invited to use an online AI-based chatbot designed to help them better identify their skills and build a formal skill-based CV. The tool aims to help users better understand how to formulate and communicate their skills towards employers. The study uses a randomized controlled design. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned either to receive access to the AI tool or to a comparison group that does not receive access during the study period, but completes a placebo task. All p...
We examine whether providing investors with information that male- and female-managed mutual funds perform equally can mitigate the industry's persistent lack of gender parity, which may be partly driven by investor demand. In an incentivized experiment, we will test whether investors discriminate against female fund managers and will separate potential statistical discrimination from taste-based discrimination. The former, rooted in beliefs about group averages that may not reflect the characteristics of subgroups or individuals, should decline with relevant subgroup- or individual-specific information. Our design evaluates three remedies: direct investor education, providing detailed fund performance information, and minimizing gender salience in fund presentations. The experiment is ...
This study investigates how individuals label pieces of information they encounter, with a particular focus on labels associated with misinformation such as conspiracy theory. Using a survey experiment conducted on a representative sample of French adults, I examine how the identity of the alleged actor and the political affiliation of the source of a claim influence labeling decisions. Respondents are exposed to short claims and asked to classify them, while the actor or source attributed to each claim is randomly varied. This design allows me to identify whether labeling decisions are driven purely by respondents' perception of the claim - such as its perceived veracity - or also reflect their political preferences.
Using administrative data from secondary schools in Greece, we document that students who stand out relative to their classmates in terms of disruptive behavior—measured by unexcused absences, which represent the number of hours that see a student removed from the class by the teacher—experience worse behavioral, academic, and higher education outcomes. However, once we account for students’ relative academic performance within the classroom, academic outcomes and subsequent exam results are more strongly associated with academic rank rather than behavioral rank. This pattern raises the question of which mechanisms translate relative standing into long-run outcomes. To shed light on these mechanisms, we conduct a survey experiment with teachers. Participants are asked to evaluate ano...
This study investigates the determinants of women's labor force participation in rural India, examining how social norms regarding women's work, household preferences over work arrangements, and job characteristics, both pecuniary and non-pecuniary, shape women's decisions to engage in economic activities outside the home
This study is a three-year follow up to an evaluation of low-cost behavioral interventions integrated into a productive inclusion program in Ghana. While prior research shows these interventions prompt immediate behavior change, a significant gap remains in understanding whether these effects persist over time and if they translate into improved livelihood outcomes. The original randomized control trial showed positive impact on saving behavior, but delays limited follow through on investments. This longer-term follow-up aims to measure if these interventions lead to enduring savings habits, reinforced financial self-efficacy, and ultimately, increased financial resilience, business performance, and overall well-being. Additionally, the follow-up will update the cost-effectiveness...
This study evaluates a restorative practices (RP) intervention designed to reduce peer violence in schools in Bogota. A total of 240 classrooms—120 treatment and 120 control— grades 7-9 currently experiencing conflictive situations will participate. The intervention comprises structured sessions facilitated by trained professionals focusing on strengthening socio-emotional skills for assertive conflict management (self-awareness, empathy, decision-making), rooted on restorative practices principles. Random assignment occurs at the school-classroom level, and outcomes are measured using administrative data and follow-up surveys (N=30 students per classroom, on average). The study will test the impact of the intervention on peer violence, students’ psychosocial well-being, class social co...
This study evaluates the impact of a personalized digital literacy program, on early literacy skills in children. The program aims to enhance school readiness by providing tailored, interactive exercises in phonics, word recognition, and reading comprehension. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial with 105 schools. Schools will be randomly divided into three groups with different intensity of the intervention. We will assess the effects of the intervention on language development.
This study examines how information about a peer's investment outcomes affects individual investment decisions among Indian business students in a portfolio allocation setting. Participants are randomly assigned to one of four conditions that vary the information they receive about a peer's prior investment performance and the context surrounding that performance. We study whether learning about a peer's high investment outcome shifts a participant's own willingness to take on financial risk, and whether this response depends on what the favorable outcome is attributed to. We also examine whether a brief reflective exercise about one's own investment goals before decision-making moderates any such effect. Incentivised measures of risk aversion and loss aversion are collected to explore ...
We investigate how leaders' gender affects group members' willingness to contribute their ideas and their performance in a series of real-effort tasks using a randomised online experiment. Participants will be assigned to groups of three with one leader and two group members, with each group member responsible for completing a series of tasks and reporting their willingness to answer for the group in each real-effort task. First, we will examine whether participants' willingness to answer for the group is affected by their leader's gender. Second, we will examine whether the quality of their answers is affected by their leader's gender. Third, we are interested in the quality gaps across treatments at different levels of willingness. Finally, we will examine whether participants' conf...