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Trial Information

General Information

Title

Cooperation and undercutting

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0013673

Initial registration date

May 23, 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 29, 2024, 1:46 PM 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

Varun K

Affiliation

University of Chicago

Contact Primary Investigator

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status

In development

Start date

2024-01-01

End date

2025-12-31

Keywords

Labor

Additional Keywords

negotiations, wage floors, undercutting

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

In this trial, we plan to understand the nature of negotiations on wages between firms and workers in low and middle income countries.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

K, Varun. 2024. "Cooperation and undercutting." AEA RCT Registry. May 29. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.13673-1.0

Sponsors & Partners

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

Intervention Start Date

2024-01-01

Intervention End Date

2025-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Undercutting

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

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Experimental Design Details

Not available

Randomization Method

Done in office by the computer.

Randomization Unit

Market level

Was the treatment clustered?

No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

.

Sample size: planned number of observations

5000 individual level observations

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

15 markets control, 15 markets treatment

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Supporting Documents and Materials

IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name