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Sexual Activity & Productivity

Last registered on November 17, 2018

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Sexual Activity & Job Performance
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0003309
Initial registration date
November 16, 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
November 17, 2018, 10:07 PM EST

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Universidad de San Andres

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Universidad de San Andres
PI Affiliation
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2018-11-19
End date
2018-12-31
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We partner with a large firm in Argentina to produce evidence on the causal link between workers’ sexual activity and subsequent job performance. Our experimental approach induces excitement in workers’ partners by exposing them to a video with explicit sexual content. Then, we use partners’ excitement as an instrument for workers’ sexual activity to estimate (via an instrumental variables approach) the causal impact of sexual activity on individual measures of job performance.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Crocco, Florencia, Maria Amelia Gibbons and Martin Rossi. 2018. "Sexual Activity & Job Performance." AEA RCT Registry. November 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3309-1.0
Former Citation
Crocco, Florencia, Maria Amelia Gibbons and Martin Rossi. 2018. "Sexual Activity & Job Performance." AEA RCT Registry. November 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3309/history/37430
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We partner with a large firm in Argentina to examine the causal impact of sexual activity on subsequent individual job performance
Intervention Start Date
2018-12-06
Intervention End Date
2018-12-14

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Job performance
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Primary outcomes come from administrative data provided by the firm, and from a voluntary survey answered by the workers

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Happiness, job satisfaction, job engagement, and choosing dominated risk option
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
Secondary outcomes come from from a voluntary survey answered by the workers

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Randomized Controlled Trial: Treatment participants will be randomly selected from a list of eligible workers. We will compare the treatment group outcomes to the control group outcomes, looking specifically at workers’ individual job performance.
Experimental Design Details
For details, see attached proposal
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Approximately 1,400 individuals, depending on take-up
Sample size: planned number of observations
Approximately 1,400 individuals, depending on take-up
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Treatment group: approximately 700 individuals (half of take-up)
Control group: approximately 700 individuals (half of take-up)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Education and Social/Behavioral Science IRB - University of Wisconsin - Madison
IRB Approval Date
2018-11-16
IRB Approval Number
2018-1178
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Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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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

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Reports & Other Materials