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Trial Title
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Sexual Activity & Productivity
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Sexual Activity & Performance
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Trial Status
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completed
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in_development
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Abstract
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We study the causal link between workers’ sexual activity and subsequent happiness and productivity. Our experimental approach induces excitement in subjects’ partners by exposing them to a video with explicit sexual content. Then, we use partners’ excitement as an instrument for subjects’ sexual activity to estimate (via an instrumental variables approach) the causal impact of sexual activity on individual measures of productivity.
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We study the causal link between workers’ sexual activity and subsequent performance or productivity. Our experimental approach induces excitement in subjects’ partners by exposing them to a video with explicit sexual content. Then, we use partners’ excitement as an instrument for subjects’ sexual activity to estimate (via an instrumental variables approach) the causal impact of sexual activity on individual performance. We also explore the causal link between sexual activity and happiness.
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Trial Start Date
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November 19, 2018
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November 01, 2019
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Trial End Date
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December 31, 2018
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April 30, 2020
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Last Published
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September 25, 2019 01:33 PM
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October 07, 2019 03:56 PM
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Intervention (Public)
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We partner with a large firm in Argentina to examine the causal impact of sexual activity on subsequent individual job performance
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We examine the causal impact of sexual activity on subsequent individual performance
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Intervention Start Date
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December 06, 2018
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February 01, 2020
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Intervention End Date
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December 14, 2018
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March 31, 2020
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Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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Job performance
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Performance. Measure as performance in an arithmetic task
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Primary Outcomes (Explanation)
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Primary outcomes come from administrative data provided by the firm, and from a voluntary survey answered by the workers
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The primary outcome will be obtained from an arithmetic task answered by experimental subjects
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Experimental Design (Public)
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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.
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Randomized Controlled Trial: Treatment participants will be randomly selected from a list of eligible subjects. We will compare the treatment group outcomes to the control group outcomes, looking specifically at subjects’ individual performance.
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Planned Number of Clusters
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Approximately 1,400 individuals, depending on take-up
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Approximately 858 couples, depending on take-up. This includes 858 experimental subjects and 858 partners of the experimental subjects
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Planned Number of Observations
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Approximately 1,400 individuals, depending on take-up
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Approximately 858, depending on take-up
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Treatment group: approximately 700 individuals (half of take-up)
Control group: approximately 700 individuals (half of take-up)
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Treatment group: approximately 429 individuals (half of take-up)
Control group: approximately 429 individuals (half of take-up)
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Power calculation: Minimum Detectable Effect Size for Main Outcomes
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For details, see attached proposal
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Secondary Outcomes (End Points)
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Happiness, job satisfaction, job engagement, and choosing dominated risk option
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Happiness
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Secondary Outcomes (Explanation)
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Secondary outcomes come from from a voluntary survey answered by the workers
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Secondary outcomes come from from a voluntary survey answered by the experimental subjects
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