Impacts of the PACE programme on students’ outcomes

Last registered on August 16, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Impacts of the PACE programme on students’ outcomes
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011605
Initial registration date
June 22, 2023

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First published
June 28, 2023, 2:53 PM EDT

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Last updated
August 16, 2023, 10:14 AM EDT

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Primary Investigator

Name
Michela Carlana
Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Michela Tincani
PI Affiliation
University College London
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PI Name
Enrico Miglino
PI Affiliation
University College London
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2016-03-01
End date
2024-12-31
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial is based on or builds upon one or more prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project aims at investigating the long-term effects of the government project PACE (Programa de Acompañamiento y Acceso Efectivo a La Educación Superior). PACE is a preferential admission program that was first implemented in Chile in 2014, and is targeted at children in disadvantaged schools. This research project investigates the long-term effect of PACE on graduation from higher education and labor market outcomes. At the time of registration, the research team does not have access to the long-term outcome data.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Carlana, Michela, Enrico Miglino and Michela Tincani. 2023. "Impacts of the PACE programme on students’ outcomes." AEA RCT Registry. August 16. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11605-1.2
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2016-03-01
Intervention End Date
2017-11-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Labor market outcomes (earnings and employment)
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Graduation from higher education, type of degree (STEM vs. other), type of institution (selective college, vocational, or other institution), occupation, dropouts, switches to other majors, transfers to other institutions, performance in higher education.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Randomization was implemented by the Ministry of Education, with the collaboration of United Nations Development Program .
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
School
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
218 schools
Sample size: planned number of observations
Around 15,000 pupils
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
64 treated schools and 154 control schools
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
We predict that we will be able to detect effects of about 0.13 SD in terms of standard deviation of the outcome variable with a significance of 5%.
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard University
IRB Approval Date
2023-06-20
IRB Approval Number
IRB23-0805
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