An Intervention about Non-Monetary Returns to College

Last registered on October 17, 2022
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
An Intervention about Non-Monetary Returns to College
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0010177
Initial registration date
October 05, 2022

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
October 17, 2022, 3:52 PM EDT

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

Last updated
October 17, 2022, 3:56 PM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Fulya Ersoy
Affiliation
University of Chicago
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-03-01
End date
2024-08-01
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
information, experiment, non-monetary returns, beliefs, college-going decisions
JEL code(s)
C93, I26
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Non-pecuniary features are shown to be play an important role in students' college enrollment decisions. Using an experiment, this paper evaluates whether one can impact high school students' college going decisions by providing them information about non-pecuniary returns to college.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Ersoy, Fulya. 2022. "An Intervention about Non-Monetary Returns to College." AEA RCT Registry. October 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10177-2.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
A video about non-monetary returns to college education
Intervention Start Date
2023-03-01
Intervention End Date
2023-05-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Students' beliefs about their long term life outcomes
Students' stated probabilities about going to college/continuing their education
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Whether the student took SAT/ACT or PSAT/PACT.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This is a between subject design with repeated measures. There is a treatment group who will see a video about college decisions and non-monetary benefits of college. There is a control group who will see an unrelated video. Students will answer questions about the outcome variables both before seeing the video and after seeing the video.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization will be done by Character Lab Research Network.
Randomization Unit
Students
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1000 students
Sample size: planned number of observations
1000 students
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 students in the control
500 students in the treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Assuming 80% power, 5% alpha. For students' stated probabilities about going to college/continuing their education: Assuming control mean is 0.75 and standard deviation is around 0.30, the minimum detectable effect size is 0.053 percentage points (Around 7%). Calculations are done using STATA's power command.
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