Labor Market Expectations and Experiences of First- and Second-Generation Americans

Last registered on August 06, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Labor Market Expectations and Experiences of First- and Second-Generation Americans
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013494
Initial registration date
July 26, 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
August 06, 2024, 10:51 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
Angelino Viceisza
Affiliation
Spelman College
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Arnaud Maurel
PI Affiliation
Duke University
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PI Name
Daniel Xu
PI Affiliation
Duke University
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PI Name
Zhangchi Ma
PI Affiliation
Duke University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-07-29
End date
2026-07-31
Keywords
Behavior, Lab, Labor, Welfare
Additional Keywords
Beliefs and perceptions, disparities, migrants, native-born
JEL code(s)
J15, D83, C93, Z13, R23
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project seeks to understand and address differences in labor market expectations and experiences across first-generation Americans (i.e., immigrants) and second-generation Americans (i.e., children of immigrants).
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Registration Citation

Citation
Ma, Zhangchi et al. 2024. "Labor Market Expectations and Experiences of First- and Second-Generation Americans." AEA RCT Registry. August 06. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13494-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
This project will be conducted in collaboration with a pre-existing online panel. It will consist of the following components:

1. Wave 1, which comprises a baseline survey, an information intervention (see experimental design), and an immediate follow-up survey.
2. Wave 2, which comprises a second follow-up survey administered about 4 months after the intervention.
3. Wave 3, which comprises a third follow-up survey administered about 8 months after the intervention.
4. Data collected approximately 1-2 years after Wave 1 for a subset of participants who are still part of the panel.
Intervention Start Date
2024-07-29
Intervention End Date
2024-08-19

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The main outcomes are:
1. The participant's employment status, labor supply (positive/current and normative/preferred), and wage.
2. The participant's beliefs about their own future labor market prospects (e.g., likelihood of getting promoted and costs of searching for a new job).
3. The participant's beliefs about another person's labor market prospects (as above) where said person only varies in terms of whether they are first-generation or second-generation.
4. The participant's beliefs about unemployment and labor supply for three groups of people: first-generation, second-generation, and "other/native born" Americans.

We will correct for multiple hypothesis testing.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary outcomes are:
1. Wages
2. Number of hours worked
3. Occupation
4. Location (migration).
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
As part of the information intervention, participants will be randomized to one of the following conditions: (A) a control group and (B) a treatment in which participants are provided with factual labor market outcomes across first-generation, second-generation, and other Americans.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization will be done by a computer.
Randomization Unit
The unit of randomization is the individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Not applicable.
Sample size: planned number of observations
Wave 1: N~900 individuals. Wave 2: N~720 individuals. Wave 3: N~540 individuals. Long-run data: N~400 individuals.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
We will aim for an equal N across the control and treatment.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
The minimum detectable effect size (MDES) for one outcome across two conditions at wave 1 (N=900) with 80 percent power would be 0.0935 (Stata: "power oneway, n(900) power(0.8) ngroups(2)"). In the long run (N=400), MDES would be 0.1404 (Stata: "power oneway, n(400) power(0.8) ngroups(2)"). As mentioned previously, we will correct for multiple-hypothesis testing ex post.
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Spelman College IRB
IRB Approval Date
2024-07-23
IRB Approval Number
6901D2
IRB Name
NORC IRB
IRB Approval Date
2024-07-23
IRB Approval Number
N/A
Analysis Plan