Wage dispersion or wage compression?

Last registered on March 13, 2023

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Wage dispersion or wage compression?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0010346
Initial registration date
March 09, 2023

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
March 13, 2023, 3:24 PM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Tilburg University

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-03-13
End date
2025-12-31
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
There is a debate in the literature as to whether dispersed or compressed wage structures enhances individual and organizational performance. I study how to design a wage structure in an environment with heterogeneous workers.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Yang, Jierui. 2023. "Wage dispersion or wage compression?." AEA RCT Registry. March 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10346-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Different wage structures (between subjects)
Intervention Start Date
2023-03-13
Intervention End Date
2025-06-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Mutual investment rate
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
see attached PDF document

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Investment decision
Convergence
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
see attached PDF document

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants will play games with different wage structures.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Participants will randomly draw a number card to decide which computer in the lab they will use. The stranger matching is done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
The matching group of 8 partcipants is the randomization unit. The participants will be rematched inside the matching group in each round.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
30 matching groups
Sample size: planned number of observations
240 participants
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
10 matching groups per treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
see attached PDF document
Supporting Documents and Materials

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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
TiSEM IRB Tilburg University
IRB Approval Date
2023-03-02
IRB Approval Number
IRB EXE 2023-014
Analysis Plan

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