Targeting and Peer Effects in Training Programmes for Poor Females

Last registered on January 07, 2014

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Targeting and Peer Effects in Training Programmes for Poor Females
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000196
First published
January 07, 2014, 10:47 AM EST

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
PI Affiliation
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2011-01-01
End date
2014-01-01
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate a new methodology of focalization of training as well as to analyze peer effects among low-income women in Chile. The main objective is to increase female participation in the Chilean labour market, reducing the existent gender gap. Results suggest benefits at an individual level, rather than effects for the labour market as a whole. In general, tracking groups ("high" and "low" groups) have a better performance than the non-tracking group, particularly for participants that belong to the "low" group. Also, it seems as though belonging to the "high" group has no effects on the satisfaction level of participants. No impact is identified on wages or family income; hours, days or Sundays worked; number of jobs; nor improvements in the labour market. There are no indicators related to employability, job quality or job formality.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Lafortune, Jeanne, Marcela Perticara and Jose Tessada. 2014. "Targeting and Peer Effects in Training Programmes for Poor Females." AEA RCT Registry. January 07. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.196-1.0
Former Citation
Lafortune, Jeanne, Marcela Perticara and Jose Tessada. 2014. "Targeting and Peer Effects in Training Programmes for Poor Females." AEA RCT Registry. January 07. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/196/history/828
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2012-01-01
Intervention End Date
2013-01-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Personal & family benefits, likelihood work with peers, situation a year or 2 ago; working conditions, family income, chance of finding employment, perception of participants.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Scores related to personal benefits, family benefits, likelihood to work with peers, effect on happiness, comparison to the personal and work situation a year or two ago; number of hours, days or Sundays worked; monthly wage and family income; type of job contract; chance of finding employment, all of such according to the different types and levels of participants. Also, some of the results relate to the perception of participants, about the courses undertaken and about their colleagues participating in such courses.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Firstly, participants were selected randomly for the treatment and control group. The treatment participants were then assigned randomly in a "mixed"/"heterogeneous" class and in a "selection"/"homogeneous" class. From the latter class, some were allocated in a "high" group and others in a "low" group, according to the propensity to work index (obtained from the CASEN survey). If participants had a propensity to work index above its median, they were allocated in the "high" group and if it were below, they belonged to the "low" group.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Individual randomization
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
9083
Sample size: planned number of observations
9,083 women in baseline, 3,538 in endline.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Baseline: Control group: 3,355. Treatment group: 5,728 (approximately 63% were assigned randomly to the treatment group).
Endline: Control group: 1,249. Treatment group: 2.289 (approximately 65% were assigned randomly to the treatment group).
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Innovations for Poverty Action IRB
IRB Approval Date
2012-12-06
IRB Approval Number
12Nov-006

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Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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