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Understanding Employer and Household Preferences and Needs: Evidence from Jordan

Last registered on August 25, 2025
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Understanding Employer Preferences and Needs in Hiring Jordanian Women: Evidence from Jordan
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0016585
Initial registration date
August 18, 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
August 25, 2025, 8:33 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
Alessandra Gonzalez
Affiliation
Duke University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2025-09-01
End date
2030-09-01
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
Employer Preferences, Export Readiness, Social Norms
JEL code(s)
J16, J23, M54, 012
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Female labor force participation in Jordan remains low despite women’s educational attainment, as elsewhere in the region. Could misperceived social norms about the support and increasing opportunity for Jordanian women among both households and employers keep women from reaching their potential and desired employment?

An information treatment, as an experimental randomized component of this survey, showcases success stories from the Jordanian private sector relating to female employment and gender-inclusive practices, or featuring export-readiness-related success stories. This allows us to assess the effect of that information treatment on the employers' responses. The objective is to provide evidence-based advice to employers regarding labor and export policies.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Gonzalez, Alessandra. 2025. "Understanding Employer Preferences and Needs in Hiring Jordanian Women: Evidence from Jordan." AEA RCT Registry. August 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.16585-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
An information treatment, as an experimental randomized component of this survey, showcases success stories from the Jordanian private sector relating to female employment and gender-inclusive practices, or featuring export-readiness-related success stories. This allows us to assess the effect of that information treatment on the employers' responses. The objective is to provide evidence-based advice to employers regarding labor and export policies.
Intervention Start Date
2025-09-01
Intervention End Date
2030-09-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Effort to email researchers for more information regarding advice on improving female hiring or export readiness.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Effort to email researchers for more information regarding advice on improving female hiring or export readiness.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Periodic follow up surveys will be matched to create a panel of changes in reported behaviors and beliefs (ex - beliefs about productivity of female workers, beliefs about manager colleagues beliefs about the importance of benefits to attract female workers, proactive behaviors when recruiting female job applicants, emails to researchers requesting more information).
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
• Randomization is based on the last digit of the respondent's phone number. The information treatment is provided towards the end of the survey. Treated groups will receive the information treatment and control groups will not. All will be provided with the opportunity to enter their email and to email the researchers for further information.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
• Randomization is automated in survey software based on the last digit of the respondent's phone number.
Randomization Unit
individual survey respondent (representing a firm).
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
100 firms
Sample size: planned number of observations
100
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
50 firms control, 50 firms treatment
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Duke University Campus Institutional Review Board
IRB Approval Date
2024-05-15
IRB Approval Number
2025-0012
Analysis Plan