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Beliefs about Racial Discrimination: Representative Evidence

Last registered on June 16, 2017

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Beliefs about Racial Discrimination: Representative Evidence
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002273
Initial registration date
June 15, 2017

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
June 16, 2017, 12:52 PM EDT

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
University of Warwick

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2017-06-15
End date
2017-06-19
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We collect novel data on people's beliefs about the extent of racial discrimination in the United States and examine to what extent these beliefs drive support for racial affirmative action policies. The experiment has two waves. In the first wave, we elicit incentivized beliefs about how likely black-sounding names are to receive a callback for an interview relative to white-sounding names. We then provide a random subset of our subjects with information about the results from an audit study that found evidence of racial discrimination in the labor market. In the second wave, which is performed approximately one week after the first wave, we measure self-reported attitudes toward affirmative action. We obfuscate the purpose of the second wave to reduce concerns about experimenter demand effects.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Roth, Christopher. 2017. "Beliefs about Racial Discrimination: Representative Evidence." AEA RCT Registry. June 16. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2273-1.0
Former Citation
Roth, Christopher. 2017. "Beliefs about Racial Discrimination: Representative Evidence." AEA RCT Registry. June 16. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2273/history/18640
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
See analysis plan.
Intervention Start Date
2017-06-15
Intervention End Date
2017-06-16

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
See analysis plan.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
See analysis plan.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer,
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2075 respondents in the main experiment and approximately 1600 in the follow-up survey.
Sample size: planned number of observations
2075
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1,042 in the control group
1,033 in the treatment group
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Oxford Department’s Research Ethics Committee (DREC)
IRB Approval Date
2017-03-13
IRB Approval Number
ECONCIA17-18-006
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

PAP: obfuscated follow-up survey

MD5: 832fec02031d337763ffa3a8aa1372e9

SHA1: 244b6a5897888c5bfa95768f3774fd4ee779807d

Uploaded At: June 15, 2017

Post-Trial

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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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Reports & Other Materials