Offering scholarships to adult skilled workers

Last registered on June 06, 2023

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Offering scholarships to adult skilled workers

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0011476

Initial registration date

May 26, 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

June 06, 2023, 9:18 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country

Norway

Region

Primary Investigator

Name

Karen Hauge

Affiliation

Frisch Centre

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status

On going

Start date

2021-01-01

End date

2023-12-31

Keywords

Behavior, Education, Labor

Additional Keywords

JEL code(s)

I22, I28, J24, C93

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

Low-educated adults are underrepresented in adult education. At the same time, the current high-paced technological change shapes and stimulates demand for a labor force capable of constantly updating its skill set, which can result in a wedge between labor supply and demand if the supplied and demanded skill profiles grow apart. In a large-scale field experiment, we study if a financial incentive in the form of a scholarship increases enrollment in education among skilled adult workers.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

Hauge, Karen. 2023. "Offering scholarships to adult skilled workers." AEA RCT Registry. June 06. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11476-1.0

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

Offer a scholarship to adult skilled workers

Intervention Start Date

2022-02-01

Intervention End Date

2022-07-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Education enrollment

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

We will construct the dummy variable Enrolled that measures enrollment in education. Specifically, we base this on the variable for ongoing education from Statistics Norway called “igang 2022”, which records if a person is registered in education in October of any given year, in our case, in October 2022 (2021 for the pilot sample).

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Scholarship group: receives an offer of an educational scholarship if they enroll in education during the following study year (August-June) and information about what possibilities exist regarding further education.
Information group: receives the same information regarding educational opportunities and general funding possibilities without the specific scholarship offer.
Control group: not contacted.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

Randomization done by computer script.

Randomization Unit

Individual

Was the treatment clustered?

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

No clusters.

Sample size: planned number of observations

292 002 individuals in main experiment

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

Scholarship group: 61 800 individuals
Information group: 169 950 individuals
Control group: 67 252 individuals

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

To test the hypothesis that a scholarship offer affects the proportion who enrolls in education, using a p-value of 0.05 and 80% power, we have a minimum detectable effect size (MDE) of 0.00027.

Supporting Documents and Materials

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