Religious beliefs and inequality acceptance

Last registered on December 03, 2024
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Religious beliefs and inequality acceptance
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014891
Initial registration date
November 22, 2024

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First published
December 03, 2024, 1:14 PM EST

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Michal Bauer
Affiliation
CERGE-EI and Charles University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Julie Chytilová
PI Affiliation
Charles University and CERGE-EI
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-11-27
End date
2026-11-30
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
religion, inequality
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
In this project, we will study the impact of religious beliefs on perceptions about sources of inequality and willingness to redistribute. We will elicit choices of participants in two situations with unequal income of two workers, which arises either randomly (coin flip) or due to merit (productivity of the workers). We will elicit measures of willingness to redistribute income between the two workers, perceptions of the causes of the original inequality, and set of beliefs about the characteristics of the two workers among a sample of members of 250 Christian churches in Western Kenya. We will experimentally manipulate whether the choices are made in the control or in the treatment condition in which the importance of the role of God in people’s lives will be made more salient.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bauer, Michal and Julie Chytilová. 2024. "Religious beliefs and inequality acceptance ." AEA RCT Registry. December 03. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14891-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Not available at this moment.
Intervention Start Date
2024-11-27
Intervention End Date
2025-06-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to redistribute in an experimental task, beliefs about sources of inequality, beliefs about characteristics of winners.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Not available at this moment.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
At the individual level, by SurveyCTO.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
The expected total number of participants is 2,250 from 250 churches.
Sample size: planned number of observations
The sample will consist of 2,250 members of 250 Christian churches in Western Kenya – from each church we aim to sample the religious leader and eight church members. The churches will include Catholic, Anglican and other Christian (mostly Pentecostal) churches.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Church members will be randomly allocated to two treatment arms (control group and treatment group). Thus, we expect approximately 1,000 church members in each treatment arm.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
IRB Approval Date
2024-10-14
IRB Approval Number
143
IRB Name
The Strathmore University Institutional Scientific Ethics Review Committee
IRB Approval Date
2024-11-18
IRB Approval Number
SU-ISERC2414/24
Analysis Plan