Improving Retention of Female Employees in India By Engaging Family Members

Last registered on December 16, 2019
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Improving Retention of Female Employees in India By Engaging Family Members
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002511
Initial registration date
October 25, 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
October 26, 2017, 3:40 PM EDT

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

Last updated
December 16, 2019, 10:36 PM EST

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

Locations

Country
India
Region
Karnataka

Primary Investigator

Name
Seema Jayachandran
Affiliation
Northwestern University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Josh Dean
PI Affiliation
MIT
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2017-10-09
End date
2019-05-31
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
female employment, gender norms
JEL code(s)
O12, J16, J21
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study aims to increase retention and job satisfaction of female workers (kindergarten teachers) in Karnataka, India, by engaging the family members who influence their employment decisions. The interventions involve (a) showing videos with testimonials about how working has raised women's self-esteem and has not caused social stigma or compromised personal safety and (b) spurring discussions between the teacher and her family members about the pros and cons of her working.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Dean, Josh and Seema Jayachandran. 2019. "Improving Retention of Female Employees in India By Engaging Family Members." AEA RCT Registry. December 16. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2511-1.1
Former Citation
Dean, Josh and Seema Jayachandran. 2019. "Improving Retention of Female Employees in India By Engaging Family Members." AEA RCT Registry. December 16. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2511/history/58909
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Personal growth video: Short video with testimonials by current teachers and family members on how working generates personal growth

Personal growth video + safety video: Short video with testimonials by current teachers and family members on how working has not led to social stigma or compromised the teacher's personal safety.

Conversation: Prompting teacher and family members to have a conversation about the pros and cons of working by asking them a series of questions.
Intervention Start Date
2017-10-26
Intervention End Date
2017-12-22

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
employment status, job satisfaction
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The sample comprises Hippocampus Learning Centre schools where there is at least 1 teacher who joined at the beginning of the 2016-7 school year or later ("new teachers"). All new teachers in sample schools are eligible for the study and will be offered the following interventions based on the treatment (or control) arm that their school is randomly assigned to.There are 6 arms. 2 of the arms are split into subarms.

Arm A/B/C: "Control group". Split into 3 subarms where teacher shown (i) no video, (ii) personal growth video, or (iii) personal growth + safety videos. (Thus, A is a "pure control" arm.)
Arm D: Teacher and family shown personal growth video
Arm E: Teacher and family shown personal growth + safety videos
Arm F/G/H: Like Arm A/B/C but also including conversation prompt
Arm I: Like Arm D but also including conversation prompt
Arm J: Like Arm E but also including conversation prompt
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
School
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
125 to 145 clusters. Some clusters (schools) have only 1 new teacher, while others have 2 or more new teachers.
Sample size: planned number of observations
140 to 190 teachers + 200 to 350 family members
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Arms A, D, E, F, I, & J will each contain 1/8th of the sample
Arms B, C, G, & H will each contain 1/16th of the sample

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Northwestern University
IRB Approval Date
2017-05-01
IRB Approval Number
STU00205097
IRB Name
Institute for Financial Management and Research
IRB Approval Date
2017-09-10
IRB Approval Number
n/a
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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