Does the bride price affect marriage matching and fertility intentions?

Last registered on May 27, 2025
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Does the bride price affect marriage matching and fertility intentions?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0016027
Initial registration date
May 16, 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
May 27, 2025, 6:46 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
China
Region
Hunan

Primary Investigator

Name
Weiguang Deng
Affiliation
Hunan University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2024-12-01
End date
2025-04-02
Keywords
Behavior, Labor
Additional Keywords
bride price, marriage matching, fertility intentions
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Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This experimental study aims to explore the potential impact of bride price on marriage matching and fertility intentions, with a particular focus on whether bride price can affect marriage matching and fertility intentions. The study involves randomly selecting individuals and sending them dating message to measure their willingness to engage with the dating with individuals who have a different bride price feature. By analyzing experimental data from online dating matching platform, the study examines how bride price affects marriage matching.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Deng, Weiguang. 2025. "Does the bride price affect marriage matching and fertility intentions?." AEA RCT Registry. May 27. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.16027-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2025-01-01
Intervention End Date
2025-03-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The study involves randomly selecting a receiver and sending him/her the dating messages to measure his/her willingness to engage with the dating with an individual who have different bride price feature in their profile. We will collect the responses of the receiver, including browse the sender's profile, follow the sender, and reply to message from the sender.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
whether the receiver reply the message from the sender.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The study involves randomly selecting a receiver and sending him/her the dating messages to measure his/her willingness to engage with the dating with an individual who have different bride price feature in their profile.
Experimental Design Details
The study involves randomly selecting a receiver and sending him/her the dating messages to measure his/her willingness to engage with the dating with an individual who have different bride price feature in their profile. We will collect the responses of the receiver, including browse the sender's profile, follow the sender, and reply to message from the sender. Then compare whether the receiver has different responses to the individuals with different bride price characteristics.
Randomization Method
The study involves randomly selecting a receiver and sending him/her the dating messages to measure his/her willingness to engage with the dating with an individual who have different bride price feature in their profile.
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
30
Sample size: planned number of observations
5000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
5000
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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