Wage dispersion or wage compression?-second experiment

Last registered on October 17, 2023
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Wage dispersion or wage compression?-second experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0012240
Initial registration date
October 06, 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
October 17, 2023, 11:39 AM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Jierui Yang
Affiliation
Tilburg University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2023-10-09
End date
2028-12-31
Keywords
Behavior, Labor
Additional Keywords
Behavioral mechanism design
JEL code(s)
D90, M52
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial is based on or builds upon one or more prior RCTs.
Abstract
There is a debate in the literature as to whether dispersed or compressed wage structures enhances individual and organizational performance. I study how to design a wage structure in an environment with heterogeneous workers.
External Link(s)
This study is related to the previously conducted study which is registered in this link

Registration Citation

Citation
Yang, Jierui. 2023. "Wage dispersion or wage compression?-second experiment." AEA RCT Registry. October 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.12240-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Different wage structures (between subjects)
Intervention Start Date
2023-10-09
Intervention End Date
2025-03-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Mutual investment rate
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
see attached PDF document

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Investment decision
Convergence
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
see attached PDF document

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants will play games with different wage structures.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Participants will randomly draw a number card to decide which computer in the lab they will use. The stranger matching is done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
The matching group of 8 partcipants is the randomization unit. The participants will be rematched inside the matching group in each round.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
30 matching groups
Sample size: planned number of observations
240 participants
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
10 matching groups per treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
see attached PDF document
Supporting Documents and Materials

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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
TiSEM IRB Tilburg University
IRB Approval Date
2023-05-08
IRB Approval Number
IRB EXE 2023-014
Analysis Plan