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Before
The project will use a randomised controlled trial (RCT) approach. The RCT involves giving participants who are final-year college students in Thailand different treatments. The two main treatments are as follows:
1. Providing skill and labour market information: the intervention will evaluate skill levels using tests of quantitative, language (thai) and noncognitive skills. Each participant will receive their test results. In addition, they will receive personalised information on the returns and skill requirements of occupations which they are interested.
2. Promoting Growth Mindset: the intervention will produce an online course showing role models and other trainings that promotes growth mindset in a job search context. Participants will receive the same video which can be watched from their mobile/computer/iPad at their own time and pace. The total duration of the course will last approximately 2 hours. However, each video will take approximately 5-15 minutes and participants can log back in anytime.
Treatments are randomized at the individual level. This experiment has 4 experimental groups: 3 treatment groups for treatment 1 and 2 and the interaction and the control group.
Target group:
We target fourth-year (final-year) college students in general majors such as arts and humanities. The age range is based on the ages of final-year college students in Thailand. The selection of participants to take part in this research is determined by their current year of study in their undergraduate degree, the location of their institution, and the type of their major of study.
Baseline Data Collection:
Participants will be asked to take tests on math, Thai and non-cognitive skills. This will be conducted on a paper-based format, and it does not take more than 45 minutes altogether.
The second part involves doing an online-based survey on Qualtrics platform that should take about 20 minutes. The questionnaire will include questions on their basic information and family’s background. It will also elicit beliefs about participant's skills and labour market conditions. In total, the activity in this first round will take approximately one hour. Participants will be compensated for their time up on completing the survey.
Follow-up activities:
The second to the fifth rounds of surveys will be sent to recruited participants every 6 months where each survey should take about 10-15 minutes. We will contact them via email or LINE messages. They will be asked to take part in an online survey. We will track their labour market outcomes, various beliefs about the labour markets, and beliefs regarding own skills.
In total, the activity in each subsequent round will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Participants will be compensated for their time up on completing the survey.
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After
The project will use a randomised controlled trial (RCT) approach. The RCT involves giving participants who are final-year college students in Thailand different treatments. The two main treatments are as follows:
1. Providing skill and labour market information: the intervention will evaluate skill levels using tests of quantitative, language (thai) and noncognitive skills. Each participant will receive their test results. In addition, they will receive personalised information on the returns and skill requirements of occupations which they are interested.
2. Promoting Growth Mindset: the intervention will produce an online course showing role models and other trainings that promotes growth mindset in a job search context. Participants will receive the same video which can be watched from their mobile/computer/iPad at their own time and pace. The total duration of the course will last approximately 2 hours. However, each video will take approximately 5-15 minutes and participants can log back in anytime.
Treatments are randomized at the individual level. This experiment has 4 experimental groups: 3 treatment groups for treatment 1 and 2 and the interaction and the control group.
Target group:
We target fourth-year (final-year) college students in general majors such as arts and humanities. The age range is based on the ages of final-year college students in Thailand. The selection of participants to take part in this research is determined by their current year of study in their undergraduate degree, the location of their institution, and the type of their major of study.
Baseline Data Collection:
Participants will be asked to take tests on math, Thai and non-cognitive skills. This will be conducted on a paper-based format, and it does not take more than 45 minutes altogether.
The second part involves doing an online-based survey on Qualtrics platform that should take about 20 minutes. The questionnaire will include questions on their basic information and family’s background. It will also elicit beliefs about participant's skills and labour market conditions as well as respondents' preferences on hypothetical job offers. In total, the activity in this first round will take approximately one hour. Participants will be compensated for their time up on completing the survey.
Follow-up activities:
The second to the fifth rounds of surveys will be sent to recruited participants every 6 months where each survey should take about 10-15 minutes. We will contact them via email or LINE messages. They will be asked to take part in an online survey. We will track their labour market outcomes, various beliefs about the labour markets and the effects of AI, and beliefs regarding own skills (math, verbal, non-cognitive and AI).
In total, the activity in each subsequent round will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Participants will be compensated for their time up on completing the survey.
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