Self-interest, racist inclinations and inequality acceptance among welfare chauvinists in the UK

Last registered on January 27, 2025

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General Information

Title
Self-interest, racist inclinations and inequality acceptance among welfare chauvinists in the UK
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014897
Initial registration date
January 04, 2025

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
January 10, 2025, 1:08 PM EST

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

Last updated
January 27, 2025, 10:25 AM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Danbue University Krems, Department of Economics and Health

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
University of Graz, Department of Economics

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2025-01-01
End date
2025-04-01
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This project investigates how individual preferences and attitudes shape welfare chauvinistic attitudes among UK voters.
The study measures participants' welfare dependency, inequality acceptance, racist inclinations, and a wide range of demographic characteristics.
We test whether (1) increased welfare dependency, (2) racist inclinations, (3) and higher inequality acceptance are positively associated with welfare chauvinism.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Chukaeva, Valeriia and Linda Dezső. 2025. "Self-interest, racist inclinations and inequality acceptance among welfare chauvinists in the UK." AEA RCT Registry. January 27. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14897-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2025-01-07
Intervention End Date
2025-04-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Welfare chauvinistic attitudes - this will be modeled as an interval variable and also as a definite (binary: yes/no welfare chauvinism) and as three-level categorization: no wc, conditional wc and unconditional wc. Moreover, when examining what drives wc attitudes, we will use the four--level categorization: no wc, economic in-group wc, cultural ingroup wc, unconditional wc.

We measure welfare chauvisnism with the following very specific measure:
In your view, at which point do immigrants of any origin deserve access to Universal Credit which is comparable with that received by natives or UK-born citizens of the UK?

"Immediately after they arrive",
"As soon as they start paying taxes",
"After they have worked and paid taxes for at least a year",
"Once they have the settled status",
"Once they became UK citizens",
"Never",
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The experiment is a 2 (Choice_order factor) * 2 (Heterogeneity_order factor.), but these are only to control for order effects. The tasks and questions each participant receives in the four cells are the same, and they only differ based on the order of their presentation.

Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Participants are randomized into one of the four cells by the computer program (oTree). The cells only differ in which order they receive tasks and questions in the experiment.
Randomization Unit
individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
We do not have clusters in this study.
Sample size: planned number of observations
We have no clusters in this study.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
We aim to collect N= 1200 UK voters, 300 in each cell.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Ethical Commission of the Danube University Krems
IRB Approval Date
2024-05-13
IRB Approval Number
EK GZ 101/2021-2024