Women in Fish Farming: Unveiling the mechanisms for women empowerment

Last registered on January 22, 2025
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Women in Fish Farming: Unveiling the mechanisms for women empowerment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0015011
Initial registration date
January 19, 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, 8:20 AM EST

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

Locations

Country
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Region
Tropical

Primary Investigator

Name
Andrea Alcaraz Rivero
Affiliation
Universidad Privada Boliviana
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Soraya Adiva Román Eyzaguirre
PI Affiliation
Universidad Privada Boliviana
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PI Name
Ricardo Nogales
PI Affiliation
Universidad Privada Boliviana
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PI Name
Joaquín Morales Belpaire
PI Affiliation
Universidad Privada Boliviana
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PI Name
Mauricio Chumacero
PI Affiliation
Universidad Privada Boliviana
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2024-11-25
End date
2025-02-28
Keywords
Agriculture, Behavior, Gender
Additional Keywords
Fish-farming, Leadership, Empowerment, Gender Differences
JEL code(s)
Q22, J16, C92
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Aquaculture holds significant potential to improve the well-being of vulnerable communities while offering a promising avenue for empowering women engaged in this sector. This research explores the mechanisms that drive the empowerment of women fish farmers in rural settings, particularly in contexts where they have received technical training, gender awareness programs, and other strategic support.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Alcaraz Rivero, Andrea et al. 2025. "Women in Fish Farming: Unveiling the mechanisms for women empowerment." AEA RCT Registry. January 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.15011-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Project Peces para la Vida has implemented a program in three phases over ten years, with activities involving technical training and gender sensitization, among others. Our experiment will try to validate the mechanisms by which these actions lead to women's empowerment by assigning the participants to majority men or majority women groups and making them listen to audios that nudge the training and sensitization received from the program.
Intervention Start Date
2024-11-25
Intervention End Date
2025-02-28

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The increase in empowerment, measured as the willingness to lead a group.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
It is a lab-in-the-field experiment where the basic experimental task is a group exercise that consists of finding the best input combination for fish production. During the task, each group will have to choose a leader with a final say on the group’s decision. All tasks are incentivized. The group closest to the expert’s opinion will receive the highest compensation. The experiment involves a factorial design with two arms: group gender composition and leadership-related messages. Participants will be grouped into triads. The treatment arm addressing group gender composition will have two treatments: predominantly male groups (2 men and one woman) and predominantly female groups (2 women and one man). Each group will be assigned to one of three possible treatments of the second experiment’s arm with equal probability: placebo message, the importance of technical knowledge for leadership, and gender sensitization for female leadership.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Complete block randomization by gender, done in the field with a computer using Excel.
Randomization Unit
Individual randomization to groups (composition treatment) and group randomization for the audio treatment.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Around 66 groups between men and women


Sample size: planned number of observations
99 men and 99 women approximately
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms:
22 groups to control
22 groups to technical knowledge audio
22 groups to gender sensitization audio
66 women and 33 men to women majority group treatment (WWM)
33 women and 66 men to men majority group treatment (WMM)

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Comite de Etica y Transparencia de la Universidad Privada Boliviana (CET-UPB)
IRB Approval Date
2024-11-28
IRB Approval Number
CET-02811-22024
Analysis Plan