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Trial Status
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in_development
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on_going
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Abstract
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Using an individual level randomization, we evaluate an alternative education program targeted at girls who have dropped out of secondary school in Tanzania.
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Using an individual level randomization, we evaluate an alternative education program targeted at girls who have dropped out of secondary school in Tanzania. In the first phase, we randomly offered female applicants a BRAC program designed to prepare individuals to pass the Tanzanian secondary school exit exam and obtain their secondary school equivalency. In the second phase, we randomly offered applicants a scholarship that paid for the tuition at alternative centers that are designed to prepare individuals to pass the Tanzanian secondary school exit exam and obtain their secondary school equivalency.
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Trial End Date
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December 31, 2021
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August 31, 2023
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Last Published
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July 15, 2020 06:12 PM
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March 09, 2021 07:24 PM
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Intervention End Date
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April 01, 2021
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August 31, 2023
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Experimental Design (Public)
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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.
Not all girls accepted the offer. As a result, we randomized the control sample in each 25 center, to randomly select an additional subset of girls to be offered the program.
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Phase 1: 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. Not all girls accepted the offer. As a result, we randomized the control sample in each of the 25 centers, to randomly select an additional subset of girls to be offered the program.
Phase 2: We publicize the scholarship and collect applicants interested in the scholarship. In phases and conditional on screening interest, we offer the scholarship to a random subset of the applicants.
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Randomization Method
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Randomization done in office by a computer
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Randomization done in an office by a computer.
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Planned Number of Clusters
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970 individuals
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Phase 1: 970 individuals
Phase 2: 930 individuals
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Planned Number of Observations
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970 individuals
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Phase 1: 970 individuals
Phase 2: 930 individuals
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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651 individuals in treatment (offered program); 319 individuals in control (not offered program).
Originally, we had 500 in treatment and 470 in the control - our updated numbers reflect that a random subset of the control was offered the program after this initial selection.
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Phase 1: 651 individuals in treatment (offered program); 319 individuals in control (not offered program).
Originally, we had 500 in treatment and 470 in the control - our updated numbers reflect that a random subset of the control was offered the program after this initial selection.
Phase 2: 442 in treatment and 488 in control. The comparisons require re-weighting of the control group because additional rounds of treatment offers were selected from the control conditional on screening continued interest in the scholarship.
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Intervention (Hidden)
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The intervention is the offer to participate in BRAC's EELAY program, a two year alternative education program designed to target droupout girls and help them complete the secondary school exit exam.
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In our first phase, the intervention is the offer to participate in BRAC's EELAY program, a two year alternative education program designed to target dropout girls and help them complete the secondary school exit exam.
In our first phase, the intervention is to offer a scholarship that pays for the tuition of an alternative education center's program to prepare and complete the secondary school exit exam.
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