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Implications of social mobility for education policies. Evidence from a randomized survey experiments with politicians and the general population
Last registered on March 01, 2018
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Trial Information
General Information
Title
Implications of social mobility for education policies. Evidence from a randomized survey experiments with politicians and the general population
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002759
Initial registration date
March 01, 2018
Last updated
March 01, 2018 10:03 PM EST
Location(s)
Country
Germany
Region
Primary Investigator
Name
Philipp Doerrenberg
Affiliation
University of Mannheim
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Other Primary Investigator(s)
PI Name
Sebastian Blesse
PI Affiliation
ZEW Mannheim
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Additional Trial Information
Status
In development
Start date
2018-03-18
End date
2018-04-09
Keywords
Education, Electoral, Governance
Additional Keywords
Social mobility, preferences for redistribution
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Abstract
Using randomized survey experiments with politicians and the general population, we study how social mobility in education affects preferences for education policies.

Our design allows us to address several important questions: i) which type of education policies are favoured?, ii) how do information about social mobility in education affect preferences for education policies?, iii) does it make a difference for preferences towards education policies if information about social mobility are provided for natives vs. foreigners? iv) to what extent are politicians different from the general population?

Our research design includes surveys with randomized components with politicians and the general population. The survey with polticians is sent out by email, using hand collected email information for local, federal-state and federal politicians in Germany. The survey with the general population will be representative for the general population and is carried out on our behalf by a commecial survey company.
External Link(s)
Registration Citation
Citation
Blesse, Sebastian and Philipp Doerrenberg. 2018. "Implications of social mobility for education policies. Evidence from a randomized survey experiments with politicians and the general population." AEA RCT Registry. March 01. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2759-1.0.
Former Citation
Blesse, Sebastian, Philipp Doerrenberg and Philipp Doerrenberg. 2018. "Implications of social mobility for education policies. Evidence from a randomized survey experiments with politicians and the general population." AEA RCT Registry. March 01. http://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2759/history/26235.
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Experimental Details
Interventions
Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2018-03-18
Intervention End Date
2018-04-09
Primary Outcomes
Primary Outcomes (end points)
Several questions eliciting preferences for different types of education policy
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Secondary Outcomes
Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
Experimental Design
Experimental Design
Surveys with politicians and a representative sample of the German population. Survey questions cover preferences for education policy and other types of policy preferences. The survey includes randomized components that provide different information about social mobility in education policies. The randomized component includes a control group that is not provided any particular information. Treatment group I is provided information about social mobility in education of children who come from low-education households. Treatment group II is provided information about social mobility in education of non-native children who come from low-education households. The information provided are based on OECD statistics. The illustration is based on recent study by Alesina et al. (2018, AER).

The survey for politicians is sent out by email to politicians on the local, federal-state and federal level, using hand-collected email information. The survey for the general population is carried out on our behalf by a commercial survey company.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Survey with politicians: randomization done by survey software.

Survey with general population: randomization done by commercial survey provider through their survey software.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No
Experiment Characteristics
Sample size: planned number of clusters
Number of cluster = number of individuals in our surveys
Sample size: planned number of observations
Survey with general population: 2,500 individuals Survey with politicians: survey sent to XX individuals (response quota unknown ex-ante)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Roughly 1/3 of survey participants assigned to control group, roughly 1/3 to information treatment I, roughly 1/3 to information treatment II
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS (IRBs)
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IRB Approval Date
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Analysis Plan
Post-Trial
Post Trial Information
Study Withdrawal
Intervention
Is the intervention completed?
No
Is data collection complete?
Data Publication
Data Publication
Is public data available?
No
Program Files
Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials
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