Fairness of the asylum system

Last registered on September 19, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Fairness of the asylum system
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014194
Initial registration date
August 16, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

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First published
August 28, 2024, 1:46 PM EDT

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

Last updated
September 19, 2024, 7:45 AM EDT

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Primary Investigator

Name
Michal Krawczyk
Affiliation
European Commission
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Andrea Blasco
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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PI Name
Nina Kajander
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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PI Name
Rossella Icardi
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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PI Name
Fiona Seiger
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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PI Name
Begona Cabeza-Martinez
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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PI Name
Emanuele Ciriolo
PI Affiliation
European Commission
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-09-01
End date
2024-10-31
Keywords
Behavior, Governance
Additional Keywords
asylum applications, refugees, fairness
JEL code(s)
K37, O15, D63, C9
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This survey explores opinions concerning asylum seekers and refugees, as well as functioning of the European asylum system. In particular, we investigate to what extent it is perceived as fair and how this perception may shape opinions and policy preferences. Three dimensions of fairness are considered:
1. Fair treatment of EU member states as hosts. The key issue here is the fair distribution of asylum seekers between countries. We want to know what rules and criteria participants would perceive as fair and whether they believe the current systems is fair.
2. Procedures of the asylum system. We want to know if participants believe that asylum decisions are made based on appropriate criteria etc.
3. Fair treatment of asylum seekers and refugees as compared to EU residents in need.
On all the dimensions, we hypothesise that respondents will show greater solidarity towards refugees and asylum seekers if they perceive the system as fair. We verify these hypotheses by means of a randomised survey administered in eight EU member states.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Blasco, Andrea et al. 2024. "Fairness of the asylum system." AEA RCT Registry. September 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14194-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2024-09-01
Intervention End Date
2024-10-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
responses to a randomised online survey, see attached document:
ranking of types of relocation (none, by GDP, by population)
number of accepted of refugees (0-100,000)
mean support for refugees' benefits and mean support for granting refugees access to services (1-5)
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Detailed description can be found in the attached document. We will randomise information about consequences of different refugee relocation schemes and elicit its impact on support for them. We will randomise fairness of allocation of refugees across other countries and elicit number of refugees accepted in own country. We will also elicit several control variables.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
by computer
Randomization Unit
indivdidual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
8000
Sample size: planned number of observations
8000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
8000/3 for each of the three main treatment arms in each of the two randomised questions.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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