Youngism: Experimental Evidence

Last registered on June 15, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Youngism: Experimental Evidence
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011519
Initial registration date
June 05, 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 15, 2023, 4:15 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Czechia
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Jana Cahlíková
Affiliation
University of Bonn
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Vojtěch Bartoš
PI Affiliation
University of Milan
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PI Name
Michal Bauer
PI Affiliation
CERGE-EI; Charles University
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PI Name
Julie Chytilová
PI Affiliation
Charles University; CERGE-EI
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2020-10-19
End date
2020-11-09
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
inter-generational conflict, social preferences, mental health, misperceptions, youngism
JEL code(s)
C93, D64, D91, J14
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project measures bias in social preferences against different age groups using a money allocation task. The focus is on bias against young adults, which we refer to as “youngism”. We test whether such unfavorable treatment is partly due to an inaccurate belief that young adults face relatively little hardship. We randomly provide accurate information on the prevalence of depression and anxiety among different age groups to half of the sample (HARDSHIP treatment). We test whether such information affects social behavior towards the different age groups.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bartoš, Vojtěch et al. 2023. "Youngism: Experimental Evidence." AEA RCT Registry. June 15. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11519-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Random provision of information on mental health by age group
Intervention Start Date
2020-10-19
Intervention End Date
2020-10-26

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Allocations in the Help-or-Harm tasks towards recipients from different age groups (18-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65+)
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Support for policies targeting 1) mental health services for the different age groups, 2) financial support of the different age group
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
CONTROL treatment: no information
HARDSHIP treatment: information on the prevalence of depression and anxiety by different age groups
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Online experiment, randomized into treatments by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2000
Sample size: planned number of observations
2000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1000 CONTROL, 1000 HARDSHIP
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Commission for Ethics in Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
IRB Approval Date
2020-04-09
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

Program Files

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