Information intervention on college students

Last registered on January 22, 2025

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Information intervention on college students
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014970
Initial registration date
January 21, 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 22, 2025, 9:19 AM EST

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

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation
University of Chicago

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2025-01-21
End date
2025-03-31
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study tests how information asymmetry shapes students actions in college. Students are assigned to either a control group, or one of two information treatment groups on actions to take during college in order to find a job.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Cuna, Michael and Elaine Shen. 2025. "Information intervention on college students." AEA RCT Registry. January 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14970-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2025-01-21
Intervention End Date
2025-03-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to network
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Willingness to network through WTP and actual networking actions

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
randomized information intervention
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
completely randomized design
Randomization Unit
student
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
NA
Sample size: planned number of observations
up to 4000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
up to 4000
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board The University of Chicago
IRB Approval Date
2024-09-30
IRB Approval Number
IRB24-1552