Labor Market Condition and Hiring

Last registered on November 25, 2025
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Labor Market Condition and Hiring
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0017106
Initial registration date
November 22, 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
November 25, 2025, 8:08 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

Name
Sydnee Caldwell
Affiliation
UC Berkeley
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2025-11-20
End date
2027-06-01
Keywords
Labor
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This is a study of the role of information in the labor market.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Caldwell, Sydnee. 2025. "Labor Market Condition and Hiring." AEA RCT Registry. November 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.17106-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2025-11-20
Intervention End Date
2025-12-05

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Within the survey, we are interested in whether stated perceptions of how a vacancy will be filled change. Outside of the survey we are interested in whether they post a new vacancy, change the characteristics of existing vacancies, or remove their vacancy (in duration). We are also interested in the qualities of the new hire they make (if they make a hire).
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Secondary Outcomes

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Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The design will randomize labor market information to respondents using information embedded in a survey, as well as a link.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by computer
Randomization Unit
markets (defined by industry-state) will be randomized into treatment shares (25%, 50%, 75%)
Within market, respondents will be randomized into treatment and control according to their assigned share.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
40,000 establishments
Sample size: planned number of observations
40,000 establishments
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Roughly 20,000 establishments in treatment and 20,000 establishments in control
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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