Enhancing Women’s Employment Outcomes: Information Barriers in Employer-provided Creches

Last registered on September 21, 2026
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Enhancing Women’s Employment Outcomes: Information Barriers in Employer-provided Creches
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0016360
Initial registration date
September 07, 2026

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
September 21, 2026, 7:46 AM EDT

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
Anant Nyshadham
Affiliation
University of Michigan
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Achyuta Adhvaryu
PI Affiliation
School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
Contact Investigator
PI Name
Teresa Molina
PI Affiliation
University of Hawaii, Manoa
PI Name
Rolly Kapoor
PI Affiliation
Meta
PI Name
Smit Gade
PI Affiliation
Good Business Lab
Contact Investigator
PI Name
Priyanka Sarda
PI Affiliation
Good Business Lab
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2025-12-27
End date
2027-05-14
Keywords
Gender, Labor
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JEL code(s)
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
The objective of the study is to examine whether improving effective access to workplace childcare can support women’s labour market re-entry, retention, and employment outcomes in India. The study is being conducted in partnership with one of India’s largest garment exporters and focuses on women with young children who previously worked with the firm. Specifically, the study evaluates whether providing guaranteed access to the workplace crèche, together with information, application support, and optional family-facing communication, affects women’s decisions to return to formal factory employment and their subsequent labour market outcomes.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Adhvaryu, Achyuta et al. 2026. "Enhancing Women’s Employment Outcomes: Information Barriers in Employer-provided Creches." AEA RCT Registry. September 21. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.16360-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Women in the treatment group receive a childcare support package. This includes guaranteed access to the factory creche from their first day of employment, creche application and enrollment assistance from GBL staff in case they rejoin work at the partner garment factory, and the option to provide creche-related information to a nominated family member.
Intervention Start Date
2026-01-10
Intervention End Date
2026-12-15

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
likelihood of participation in job interview, likelihood of rejoining workforce
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Women are randomized in two stages. First, before any baseline survey contact, eligible women in the administrative sampling frame are randomly assigned to an Early or Late contact group. Randomization is stratified by the interaction of factory unit and time since leaving factory. Early-group respondents are contacted first for the baseline survey, while Late-group respondents are contacted approximately two months later. This staggered contact design allows the study to identify potential effects of survey contact itself, which could affect employment-related behavior by making employment more salient or prompting women to consider returning to work or visiting the factory.

Second, immediately after the baseline survey, respondents who consent and satisfy all baseline eligibility criteria are enrolled and randomized in real time through SurveyCTO to either treatment or control. Treatment-group respondents receive the intervention immediately during the same call, while control-group respondents complete the baseline survey without receiving the intervention. Respondents who fail to meet baseline eligibility criteria are not enrolled and do not undergo the second-stage treatment/control randomization.

Recruitment occurs on a rolling basis as factories obtain operational approvals and confirm crèche capacity. The same two-stage randomization procedure is implemented separately for each sampling batch.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done on the spot using SurveyCTO
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
0
Sample size: planned number of observations
1000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Good Business Lab IRB
IRB Approval Date
2025-05-06
IRB Approval Number
N/A
Analysis Plan