Minimum Wage Preferences

Last registered on April 02, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Minimum Wage Preferences
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013226
Initial registration date
March 30, 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
April 02, 2024, 12:47 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Anh Nguyen
Affiliation
UCLA Anderson
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-04-15
End date
2024-04-26
Keywords
Behavior, Labor
Additional Keywords
minimum wage, expectation
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study examines factors that influence an individual's preference on the minimum wage policy. People hold striking misperception about minimum wage bindingness. This project studies whether individuals would change their support for minimum wages if their misperceptions are corrected. Second, this survey explores an individual's exposure to unemployment and their support for the minimum wages.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Nguyen, Anh. 2024. "Minimum Wage Preferences." AEA RCT Registry. April 02. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13226-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Information treatment
Intervention Start Date
2024-04-15
Intervention End Date
2024-04-26

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Preferred minimum wage. Dummy variable = 1 if they vote to increase the minimum wage.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This survey experiment provides information about minimum wage workers to study the effects on individuals' preferences on the policy. Moreover, a group of respondents will be put under some hypothetical scenarios with different unemployment rate. I then compare the support for the policy between the control group and groups with different unemployment rates.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done by Qualtrics
Randomization Unit
Individual level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2000 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
2000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 control, 500 treatment 1, 1000 treatment 2
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

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