Gender, Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes

Last registered on August 05, 2025

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Gender, Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0002410

Initial registration date

August 31, 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

September 04, 2017, 8:15 PM EDT

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

Last updated

August 05, 2025, 2:34 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country

Pakistan

Region

Lahore

Primary Investigator

Name

Kate Vyborny

Affiliation

Duke University

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Erica Field

PI Affiliation

Duke University

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Additional Trial Information

Status

Completed

Start date

2016-10-01

End date

2021-01-01

Keywords

Labor

Additional Keywords

Transport, Gender

JEL code(s)

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

This project uses a randomized controlled trial of transport to work in Lahore, Pakistan to test the impact of transport services on job search and labor market outcomes for men and women. It will also test the differential impact of women's-only transport on outcomes for women.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

Field, Erica and Kate Vyborny. 2025. "Gender, Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes." AEA RCT Registry. August 05. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2410-1.2

Former Citation

Field, Erica and Kate Vyborny. 2025. "Gender, Mobility and Labor Market Outcomes." AEA RCT Registry. August 05. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2410/history/271188

Sponsors & Partners

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

Intervention (Hidden)

Intervention Start Date

2017-08-21

Intervention End Date

2019-01-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

This entry applies to the pilot stage of the experiment only.

The outcomes of interest are:

Responds to the SMS to indicate interest in applying;
Decides to apply for job when asked during initial screening call;
Attends the interview (conditional on interview offer);
Accepts the job (conditional on job offer);
Takes up the transport service.

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

In this study, some areas are randomly assigned to receive a mixed-gender pick-and-drop transport service, others receive women's-only transport services, and a control group receives no new transport service.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

Randomization done in Stata

Randomization Unit

In the pilot stage, we randomly assigned enumeration blocks to transport services, and individuals to different price levels for the transport.

Was the treatment clustered?

Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

60 clusters in pilot study

Sample size: planned number of observations

Unit of observation = individual job matching service subscriber Number of individual subscribers in pilot will be determined based on the results of signup calls (described in detailed analysis plan)

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

20 EBs - Women's transport
22 EBs - Mixed transport EB
18 EBs - Control EB
Number of individual subscribers in pilot will be determined based on the results of signup calls (described in detailed analysis plan)

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Supporting Documents and Materials

IRB