AprenTIC – Assessing the impact of tech education for young job seekers in Andalucía

Last registered on April 24, 2026
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
AprenTIC – Assessing the impact of tech education for young job seekers in Andalucía
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0018165
Initial registration date
April 16, 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
April 24, 2026, 8:34 AM EDT

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

Last updated
April 24, 2026, 9:06 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Christina Sarah Hauser
Affiliation
Collegio Carlo Alberto
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2026-03-24
End date
2027-10-01
Keywords
Education, Firms & Productivity
Additional Keywords
Youth unemployment, technology education
JEL code(s)
J24, J64, J68
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Youth unemployment in Andalucia is among the highest in Europe. By contrast, on the firms' side, there is an unmet demand for workers with tech skills. AprenTIC tests whether intensive, occupation-specific digital skills training can improve the employment prospects and well-being of unemployed young people.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Hauser, Christina Sarah. 2026. "AprenTIC – Assessing the impact of tech education for young job seekers in Andalucía." AEA RCT Registry. April 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.18165-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Together with The Bridge, a company offering tech education, and Junta de Andalucía, we plan to evaluate a tech bootcamp for unemployed vulnerable youth. The project is further supported by Fundación CEOE who will liaise with companies in the region to provide information on job vacancies.

The Bridge will open a call for applications for participation in one of the following bootcamps: 1. web design (T1), and 2. cybersecurity (T2). Interested participants will need to pass the regular digital skills assessment administered by The Bridge. We will then randomize the applicants who have sufficiently high baseline skills into one of the treatment arms and control.

We expect about 600 applicants to pass the skills threshold. They will be randomly attributed to the two treatment arms and control, stratifying by baseline preference for a given bootcamp, gender, and baseline skills.

T1 and T2 consist in 240-hours bootcamps on the technical skills required for web design and cybersecurity, which will be taught in person in Sevilla and Málaga. The courses will start on 6 April 2026, will last for 9 weeks, and will be delivered in three consecutive waves.
Intervention Start Date
2026-04-06
Intervention End Date
2027-02-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

We will evaluate the impact of these treatments on participants’ short- and medium-term employment outcomes and well-being using surveys and administrative data shared by the Junta de Andalucía.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The Bridge will open a call for applications for participation in one of the following bootcamps: 1. web design (T1), and 2. cybersecurity (T2). Interested participants will need to pass the regular digital skills assessment administered by The Bridge. We will then randomize the applicants who have sufficiently high baseline skills into one of the treatment arms and control.

We expect about 600 applicants to pass the skills threshold. They will be randomly attributed to the two treatment arms and control, stratifying by baseline preference for a given bootcamp, gender, and baseline skills.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer, stratifying by baseline preference for a given bootcamp, gender, and baseline skills.
Randomization Unit
The treatment will be randomized at the individual level.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
6 clusters per treatment arm
Sample size: planned number of observations
150 participants per treatment arm, 25 participants per cluster
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
450 participants
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
We assume a baseline employment rate of 16 percent in the control group, implying a standard deviation of approximately 0.367 for the binary employment outcome. With 150 participants per arm, a cluster size of 25 students, an intra-class correlation of 0.1, and a two-sided significance level of 5 percent, the design effect is 3.4. The minimum detectable effect (MDE) for an 80 percent powered test between any two arms is therefore approximately 21.9 percentage points. We are thus powered to detect a minimum effect of about 22 percentage points in employment between any two treatment arms.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Esade Business School
IRB Approval Date
2026-03-11
IRB Approval Number
012/2026
Analysis Plan

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