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Getting Girls Back in School: The Returns to Alternative Education

Last registered on February 24, 2019
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Getting Girls Back in School: The Returns to Alternative Education
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0003942
Initial registration date
February 22, 2019

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
February 24, 2019, 7:37 PM EST

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

Locations

Country
Tanzania, United Republic of
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Ketki Sheth
Affiliation
UC Merced
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
SK Tariquzzaman
PI Affiliation
BRAC
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2019-02-15
End date
2021-12-31
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
Using an individual level randomization, we evaluate an alternative education program targeted at girls who have dropped out of secondary school in Tanzania.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Sheth, Ketki and SK Tariquzzaman. 2019. "Getting Girls Back in School: The Returns to Alternative Education." AEA RCT Registry. February 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3942-1.0
Former Citation
Sheth, Ketki and SK Tariquzzaman. 2019. "Getting Girls Back in School: The Returns to Alternative Education." AEA RCT Registry. February 24. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3942/history/41960
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2019-02-15
Intervention End Date
2021-04-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
1) Engagement with mainstream education; 2) Cognitive Skills; 3) Labor market outcomes; 4) Psychosocial well-being; 5) Risky behaviors
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We will use an individual level randomization stratified on 25 center locations. Specifically, we created a list of interested girls in each of the 25 program center areas. These girls were then interviewed and narrowed to approximately 30 to 40 girls per center. Due to limited space in each center, only 20 girls can be selected for the program. Therefore, from this narrowed list, we randomly select 20 girls for each center.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
970 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
970 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 individuals in treatment (offered program); 470 individuals in control (not offered program)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
UC Merced IRB
IRB Approval Date
2019-02-28
IRB Approval Number
We are still in the process of going through our IRB
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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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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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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