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Skills and Savings to Succeed: Can better financial skills and habits among youth improve their chances of obtaining decent work?

Last registered on August 02, 2017
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Savings and Job-Search - An Impact Evaluation of a Financial Education Intervention in Vietnam
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002275
Initial registration date
June 18, 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 19, 2017, 12:31 AM EDT

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

Last updated
August 02, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Viet Nam
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Lukas Hensel
Affiliation
University of Oxford
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Stefano Caria
PI Affiliation
University of Oxford
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2016-03-01
End date
2017-06-30
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
saving, job-search
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We evaluate a randomized controlled trial to test the effects of a financial education intervention and an additional social media intervention to encourage savings in two cities in Vietnam.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Caria, Stefano and Lukas Hensel. 2017. "Savings and Job-Search - An Impact Evaluation of a Financial Education Intervention in Vietnam." AEA RCT Registry. August 02. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2275-3.0
Former Citation
Caria, Stefano and Lukas Hensel. 2017. "Savings and Job-Search - An Impact Evaluation of a Financial Education Intervention in Vietnam." AEA RCT Registry. August 02. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2275/history/20094
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2016-03-01
Intervention End Date
2016-08-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Job-search behaviour, employment outcomes and more (see pre-analysis plan).
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The intervention consists of a financial literacy training treatment and a financial literacy training plus social media encouragement.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization using an Excel sheet
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
-
Sample size: planned number of observations
1400 Individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
One third for each treatment arm.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Save the Children Internal Ethics Review
IRB Approval Date
2016-01-01
IRB Approval Number
-
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

pre-analysis plan

MD5: 6938eb287c7ced40d79c8641b373737d

SHA1: 0db668d9482d19afcf448f8a99efab7ab7f520fe

Uploaded At: June 18, 2017

Post-Trial

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

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials