School discrimination against nontraditional households: evidence from Colombia

Last registered on March 13, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
School discrimination against nontraditional households: evidence from Colombia
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0010939
Initial registration date
March 02, 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, 8:41 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Colombia
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Brian Feld
Affiliation
Universidad EAFIT
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Natalia Cantet
PI Affiliation
Universidad EAFIT
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PI Name
Monica Hernandez Florez
PI Affiliation
Universidad EAFIT
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PI Name
Michael Cardona Rodríguez
PI Affiliation
Universidad EAFIT
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-03-01
End date
2023-04-30
Keywords
Behavior, Education, Gender
Additional Keywords
Discrimination
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We study whether schools discriminate against nontraditional (i.e., married) parents using a matched-pair correspondence study in Colombia. We will send fictitious requests to visit schools as a first step towards registering a first grader, randomly varying the household structure of the child: whether the parents are married, divorced, or there is a single parent. We plan to analyze differences in response rates across parents, and the response time conditional on receiving a response.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Cantet, Natalia et al. 2023. "School discrimination against nontraditional households: evidence from Colombia." AEA RCT Registry. March 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10939-1.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
To change the marital status of the parents who send fictitious requests to visit the school.
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2023-03-01
Intervention End Date
2023-04-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Response rates, response time conditional on receiving a response.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We will send fictitious requests to visit schools as a first step towards registering a first grader. Each school will receive two requests: one from a married couple, and one from either a divorced couple or a single parent. The gender of the request writer will be constant within school but it will be chosen randomly. The requests will be sent two weeks apart.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done by a computer using a statistical software.
Randomization Unit
Schools
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
479 schools
Sample size: planned number of observations
479 observations
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
120 schools
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials

Documents

Document Name
School discrimination to nontraditional households - Proposal
Document Type
proposal
Document Description
File
School discrimination to nontraditional households - Proposal

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Uploaded At: March 02, 2023

IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Universidad EAFIT
IRB Approval Date
2023-03-01
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

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