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Identifying and Easing Constraints on Microenterprise Location within Kampala, Uganda

Last registered on December 13, 2022
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Identifying and Easing Constraints on Microenterprise Location within Kampala, Uganda
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0010609
Initial registration date
December 08, 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
December 13, 2022, 11:20 PM EST

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

Locations

Country
Uganda
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Carolyn Pelnik
Affiliation
Tufts University
Contact Primary Investigator

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2022-10-19
End date
2024-04-30
Keywords
Finance & Microfinance, Firms & Productivity
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project asks whether microentrepreneurs in Kampala, Uganda can increase profits by locating elsewhere within the city, and if so, then whether liquidity or information frictions constrain a firm’s ability to relocate. The experiment randomly allocates conditional and unconditional cash grants of equivalent value, where the conditional grant is available to those microentrepreneurs moving from their current business location to an alternative location. Both the conditional and unconditional cash treatment will be cross-randomized with an information treatment that provides business owners with information about profit dispersion within the city.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Pelnik, Carolyn. 2022. "Identifying and Easing Constraints on Microenterprise Location within Kampala, Uganda." AEA RCT Registry. December 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10609-1.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-02-01
Intervention End Date
2023-04-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Business revenue, business income, business investment, business location, business productivity, take-up of conditional cash grant, knowledge of profit dispersion within city
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Firms will be randomly allocated to the control, conditional cash grant group, or unconditional cash grant group. Each of these arms is cross-randomized with information provision, where firms are given information about how business profits vary by location across the city.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Firm
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2880 firms
Sample size: planned number of observations
2880 firms
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
360 firms in control, 360 firms in information only, 720 firms in conditional cash grant only, 720 firms in conditional cash grant with information, 360 firms in unconditional cash grant only, 360 firms in unconditional cash grant with information
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Tufts University
IRB Approval Date
2022-07-08
IRB Approval Number
1770
Analysis Plan