Information and silence around sexual harassment

Last registered on May 13, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Information and silence around sexual harassment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0013561
Initial registration date
May 06, 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, 12:13 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Sweden
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Johanna Rickne
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Olle Folke
PI Affiliation
Uppsala University
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PI Name
Andreas Kotsadam
PI Affiliation
Frisch Center
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PI Name
Mette Løvgren
PI Affiliation
Oslo Metropolitan University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2024-02-02
End date
2025-02-15
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
Sexual Harassment
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
There is a culture of silence around sexual harassment. Victims usually refrain from speaking out about their experiences and bystanders generally do not intervene or voice concern. We study how traits of stories about sexual harassment affect people’s attitudes about victims' and bystanders' silence. We test our predictions in survey experiments within the Norwegian Crime Survey.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Folke, Olle et al. 2024. "Information and silence around sexual harassment." AEA RCT Registry. May 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13561-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The intervention consisted of a survey experiment about sexual harassment. Vignettes contained randomized content: whether the story about the harassment focused on the victim's victimization or their accusation of the perpetrator; the gender of the victim and harasser; and two sexual harassment behaviors. We test hypotheses about the first two randomized components. The third has the function of making the harassment behaviors in the vignettes more representative of all harassment behaviors.
Intervention Start Date
2024-02-02
Intervention End Date
2024-03-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Legal consciousness; Silence attitudes
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Index variables for both main outcomes, as specified in the attached pre-analysis plan.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The experiment is a vignette that describes a story about sexual harassment. For details, see the attached pre-analysis plan.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
By computer
Randomization Unit
The individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
There is no clustering. The survey has about 20,000 individuals.

Sample size: planned number of observations
~20,000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Each treatment arm has about 2,500 individuals.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
With a sample of 20,000 individuals, we can detect effects smaller than 0.05 standard deviations.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Oslo Metropolitan University
IRB Approval Date
2023-01-15
IRB Approval Number
N/A
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

Pre-Analysis Plan Information and Sexual Harassment May 4 2024.pdf

MD5: f31a65fa6223992b4b1c246f73acb084

SHA1: f71c91b2a31ad185098f2623c75e326dcd99aae3

Uploaded At: May 06, 2024