Labor market treatment of Jewish and Israeli Americans

Last registered on May 13, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Labor market treatment of Jewish and Israeli Americans
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013558
Initial registration date
May 03, 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
May 13, 2024, 11:59 AM 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
Bryan Tomlin
Affiliation
California State University Channel Islands
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-05-06
End date
2024-12-31
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
Discrimination
JEL code(s)
J15
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
A randomized, controlled field experiment in the labor market examining the possible presence of differential treatment of Jewish-Americans and Israeli-Americans relative to a control.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Tomlin, Bryan. 2024. "Labor market treatment of Jewish and Israeli Americans." AEA RCT Registry. May 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13558-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Identical resumes are sent to employers, differing only according to signal(s) of membership to certain communities.
Intervention Start Date
2024-05-06
Intervention End Date
2024-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Response rates and positive response rates to applications.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
"Positive responses" will be categorized according to typical definitions of "positive response" in the related literature.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Identical resumes are sent to employers, differing only according to signal(s) of membership to certain communities.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Computer random number generator (Stata or Excel) will assign treatments to listings.
Randomization Unit
Listing-level randomization.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
3 clusters
Sample size: planned number of observations
3000 listings
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1000 listings per treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Response rates are expected to be such that the minimum detectable effect size is less than five percentage points.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
CSU Channel Islands
IRB Approval Date
2024-06-01
IRB Approval Number
IRB approval is pending, but expected to be received soon.
Analysis Plan