Email Study

Last registered on September 24, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Email Study
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0012335
Initial registration date
September 18, 2024

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
September 24, 2024, 3:30 PM 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
Bryan Stuart
Affiliation
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Alexander Bartik
PI Affiliation
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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PI Name
Marianne Bertrand
PI Affiliation
University of Chicago
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2023-10-02
End date
2029-09-30
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project studies discrimination using emails.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Bartik, Alexander, Marianne Bertrand and Bryan Stuart. 2024. "Email Study." AEA RCT Registry. September 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.12335-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2023-10-02
Intervention End Date
2024-09-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The primary outcomes are responses to emails (excluding out-of-office and similar automated responses) and characteristics of responses (such as the length of the response, whether it is encouraging or discouraging, and the answers to any questions that are asked).
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We study racial discrimination using emails with randomly assigned contents.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Elements will be randomly assigned using a computer program.
Randomization Unit
Randomization takes place at the email level.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
About 10,300 emails
Sample size: planned number of observations
About 10,300 emails
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
There are three equal sized treatment arms.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
University of Chicago Social and Behavioral Sciences IRB
IRB Approval Date
2022-06-22
IRB Approval Number
IRB22-0938
Analysis Plan