Follow-up to Gathering Information about Careers: The Role of Gender

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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Follow-up to Gathering Information about Careers: The Role of Gender
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013537
Initial registration date
May 13, 2024

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First published
May 13, 2024, 12:45 PM EDT

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Last updated
May 23, 2024, 11:58 AM EDT

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Primary Investigator

Name
Melanie Wasserman
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Yana Gallen
PI Affiliation
University of Chicago

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-05-13
End date
2025-05-01
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We conduct a survey experiment to study how information on a job’s work/life balance affects students’ beliefs about a job’s non-wage amenities. In the survey, students are asked to read a description of the pros and cons of going into management consulting. We randomize students to receive a description either with or without information on work/life balance. We then elicit students' beliefs about two non-wage amenities related to work/life balance.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Gallen, Yana and Melanie Wasserman. 2024. "Follow-up to Gathering Information about Careers: The Role of Gender." AEA RCT Registry. May 23. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13537-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We conduct a survey-based informational intervention among UCLA undergraduate students. We will recruit UCLA undergraduates potentially interested in career information about management consulting. In the survey, students are asked to read a description of the pros and cons of going into management consulting (an audio recording is also provided to make the message more salient/realistic). We sourced the description of management consulting from one of the actual messages that a student received in our original experiment.

We randomize students to receive one of two versions of the message.
Control: no work/life balance information
Treatment: identical to control but includes work/life balance information
Intervention Start Date
2024-05-13
Intervention End Date
2024-06-24

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
After students read/listen to the message, we elicit their beliefs about two non-wage amenities related to work/life balance:
1. Hours worked per week
2. Part-time work availability
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
We also ask students to rate how important work/life balance is to them on a likert scale (1-7) and will evaluate whether treatment changes perceptions of the importance of this attribute.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The survey is conducted online through Qualtrics. We randomize students to receive one of two versions of the message.
Control: no work/life balance information
Treatment: identical to control but includes work/life balance information
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization is done by a computer (Qualtrics at the time the survey is opened).
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
434 students
Sample size: planned number of observations
434 students
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
217 in each condition (treatment/control)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program
IRB Approval Date
2024-05-12
IRB Approval Number
24-000077
Analysis Plan

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