The Role of Social Norms on the Willingness to Act and Donate Against Sexual Harassment

Last registered on July 19, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
The Role of Social Norms on the Willingness to Act and Donate Against Sexual Harassment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011744
Initial registration date
July 07, 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
July 19, 2023, 11:58 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Ecuador
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Lauren Rhodes
Affiliation
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Gonzalo Sánchez
PI Affiliation
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
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PI Name
Nereyda Espinoza
PI Affiliation
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
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PI Name
Viviana Borja
PI Affiliation
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2023-07-10
End date
2023-07-19
Keywords
Behavior, Gender, Lab
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Feminist Economics; Laboratory, Individual Behavior; Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawarenes
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study examines the effectiveness of social norms in nudging people to donate towards campaigns aimed at helping victims of sexual harassment and view how these social norms might influence potential bystanders' willingness to act against situation of sexual harassment.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Borja, Viviana et al. 2023. "The Role of Social Norms on the Willingness to Act and Donate Against Sexual Harassment." AEA RCT Registry. July 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11744-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-07-10
Intervention End Date
2023-07-19

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Choosing to donate (binary variable) to a campaign aimed at aiding victims of sexual harassment.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Stating willingness to act (binary variable) against a situation of sexual harassment as the bystander.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We show both treatment and control groups 4 situations of sexual harassment. Only the treatment group is given associated social norm information about how the appropriateness of the situations are viewed. Participants in both groups are asked if they would act as a bystander against each of the situations of sexual harassment. Then, participants in both groups are asked if they would like to donate to an anti-sexual harassment campaign. Afterwards, the participants are asked about their opinion of the appropriateness of each scenario. This is followed by a standard risk game.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
We do not use clusters.
Sample size: planned number of observations
420 observations
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
We do not have clusters.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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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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