Impact of the Mentoring Program TecLadies on Students' Outcomes

Last registered on February 28, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Impact of the Mentoring Program TecLadies on Students' Outcomes
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013028
Initial registration date
February 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
February 28, 2024, 4:11 PM EST

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Justus Bamert
Affiliation
ETH Zurich
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-02-20
End date
2029-06-01
Keywords
Education, Gender
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JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Swiss TecLadies is a mentoring program organized by the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW for female students (15 years or older, mostly in high school). Goal of the program is to increase interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) among program participants. Each program participant receives a female mentor with a STEM background that they meet once a month for 7 months.
In this study, we evaluate how the program affects participants’ interest in STEM fields in the short and long run, based on survey data and linked administrative data. We will also analyze whether the mentoring program has spillover effects on the program participants’ classmates. Previous studies suggest that female mentors are most likely to impact students’ outcomes in contexts in which students have few other female role models (Card et al. 2022). Our analysis separates between female program participants with few potential female STEM role models and female students with relatively more female role models before the intervention.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bamert, Justus. 2024. "Impact of the Mentoring Program TecLadies on Students' Outcomes." AEA RCT Registry. February 28. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13028-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Swiss TecLadies is a mentoring program organized by the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW for female students (15 years or older, mostly in high school). Goal of the program is to increase interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) among program participants. Each program participant receives a female mentor with a STEM background that they meet once a month for 7 months.
Intervention Start Date
2024-09-01
Intervention End Date
2027-05-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The outcomes will include: (1) data collected from a questionnaire to students on students' preferences for STEM jobs or STEM study fields (2) administrative data on students' study choice after high school graduation
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Subject preferences, self-assessment in subjects, interest in and knowledge of STEM subfields
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We conduct a randomized field experiment in which participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control when there are more applicants than available spots in the program (oversubscription). Randomization is conducted within regions (German, French, Italian) and students' grade for each of the two cohorts.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer based on the list of program applicants.
Randomization Unit
Individual randomization
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
None.
Sample size: planned number of observations
200-400 individuals in two cohorts. Sampling
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
There will be two experimental groups:
Control group: about 150-200 individuals
Treatment group: about 150-200 individuals
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
ETH Zurich Ethics Commission
IRB Approval Date
2024-01-29
IRB Approval Number
EK-2023-N-352
Analysis Plan