Effects of desk mate gender on confidence, attitudes toward mixed gender teams, and prejudice - Evidence from a large scale field experiment in Hungarian schools

Last registered on March 22, 2018

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Effects of desk mate gender on confidence, attitudes toward mixed gender teams, and prejudice - Evidence from a large scale field experiment in Hungarian schools
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0002797
Initial registration date
March 22, 2018

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
March 22, 2018, 4:35 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 Oslo

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
PI Affiliation
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2017-08-01
End date
2019-05-28
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We are conducting a large scale field experiment where we randomly assign desk mates in Hungarian schools. Our main outcome variables are confidence, prejudice, and preferences for mixed gender teams. In this plan we pre-register some key decisions to follow once we receive the data.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Elwert, Felix, Tamas Keller and Andreas Kotsadam. 2018. "Effects of desk mate gender on confidence, attitudes toward mixed gender teams, and prejudice - Evidence from a large scale field experiment in Hungarian schools." AEA RCT Registry. March 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.2797-1.0
Former Citation
Elwert, Felix, Tamas Keller and Andreas Kotsadam. 2018. "Effects of desk mate gender on confidence, attitudes toward mixed gender teams, and prejudice - Evidence from a large scale field experiment in Hungarian schools." AEA RCT Registry. March 22. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/2797/history/27091
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We are conducting a large scale field experiment where we randomly assign desk mates in Hungarian schools. Male students are thereby randomly assigned to female students and vice versa.
Intervention Start Date
2017-08-01
Intervention End Date
2018-05-15

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
3 main outcomes: confidence, prejudice, and preferences for mixed gender teams
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
See Analysis plan

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
See Analysis plan
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We investigate the effects of being assigned to a desk mate of the opposite sex using a large scale field experiment where we randomly assign desk mates in Hungarian schools.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
3814 students
Sample size: planned number of observations
3814 students
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
At least 1500 of each gender.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Minimum detectable effect adjusting for multiple testing: 0.17 standard deviatons.
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Hungarian Academy of Science
IRB Approval Date
2017-12-12
IRB Approval Number
N/A
IRB Name
University of Wisconsin
IRB Approval Date
2018-02-18
IRB Approval Number
2018-0093
Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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