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Primary Outcomes (End Points) Whether students in the Mentoring Network, compared to those who were not selected into the Mentoring Network: -Are more likely to be employed -If already were employed are more likely to remain employed -If had entrepreneurial aspirations are more likely to maintain those aspirations or start their own business -If job seeker already owned their own business, if they are more likely to still have their business open after the period of the intervention. Whether students in the Mentoring Network, compared to those who were not selected into the Mentoring Network: -Are more likely to be employed -If already were employed are more likely to remain employed -If had entrepreneurial aspirations are more likely to maintain those aspirations or start their own business -If job seeker already owned their own business, if they are more likely to still have their business open after the period of the intervention. Whether high-school students treated, compared to those who were not treated: - Are more likely to graduate high-school - Are more likely to pursue further studies - Are more likely to express entrepreneurial aspirations - Are more likely to express interest in being employed - Are more likely to report good relationships with their male relatives
Experimental Design (Public) Students and job-seekers will be recruited to a Mentoring Network through a baseline survey which has an information intervention to incentivize recruitment to the Network. Students who opt into the Network will be randomly selected into the Network and matched with a Mentor. Employment, entrepreneurship, and well-Being outcomes will be assessed through intermittent surveys in order to evaluate the impact of membership into a Mentoring Network on employment, entrepreneurship, and well-being outcomes. Students and job-seekers will be recruited to a Mentoring Network through a baseline survey which has an information intervention to incentivize recruitment to the Network. Students who opt into the Network will be randomly selected into the Network and matched with a Mentor. Employment, entrepreneurship, and well-Being outcomes will be assessed through intermittent surveys in order to evaluate the impact of membership into a Mentoring Network on employment, entrepreneurship, and well-being outcomes. High-school students were recruited through a baseline survey. In the midline, high-school students will be randomly treated with an entrepreneurship information intervention. Interest in employment, entrepreneurship, and well-being outcomes will be assessed in the endline survey.
Randomization Unit Randomization into the network and then assignment to a mentor will occur at the individual level. Randomization into the network and then assignment to a mentor will occur at the individual level. Randomization of treatment for high-school girls will occur at the individual level.
Planned Number of Clusters We plan to recruit 1000 students or job seekers (500 male, 500 female) and 200 Mentors. We plan to recruit 1000 students or job seekers (500 male, 500 female) and 200 Mentors. We recruited 200 high-school girls.
Planned Number of Observations We hope to have 1000 students and 200 Mentors filling out baseline surveys, weekly meeting data for one year (52 short surveys), and outcomes surveys at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months. We hope to have 1000 students and 200 Mentors filling out baseline surveys, weekly meeting data for one year (52 short surveys), and outcomes surveys at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months. We have 200 high-school girls surveyed in three waves: baseline, midline and endline.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms We hope to have 500 students/job seekers in the Treatment group, 500 in Control; 150 Mentors in Treatment and 50 in Control. We hope to have 500 students/job seekers in the Treatment group, 500 in Control; 150 Mentors in Treatment and 50 in Control. We hope to have around 100 high-school girls in the treatment condition and about 100 in the control condition.
Intervention (Hidden) In this study I work with local Saudi universities, an NGO, and a vocational college in order to collect survey data to understand how both male and female Saudi college students and job seekers can benefit from a Mentoring Network. Methods include:  A baseline survey of minimum 500 male and 500 female Saudi college students’ prospective career plans and recruitment into a Mentoring Network. [an informational intervention will be embedded in this survey to understand framing effects for recruitment into the Mentoring Network]  Outreach to alumni and other university affiliates to join as Mentors on the Mentoring Network.  Researchers will work with university administrators to select student and graduate participants for the pilot phase of the project (non-selected participants will be kept as the control group for the first year) and to match students and alumni mentors based on randomized criteria including employment status, college of graduation, and entrepreneurship status. -An event where families and mentors are invited to meet will be held during the year of the intervention [and attendance will be taken] -Focus Groups will be conducted to explore mechanisms of impact of the Mentoring Network and evaluate the Mentoring Network.  Weekly surveys to establish frequency and quality of Mentoring Contact over 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 month intervals.  Employability, Entrepreneurship, and Well-being Outcomes Surveys at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months to evaluate the effect of the program for participants relative to those who did not participate in the program this year. In this study I work with local Saudi universities, an NGO, and a vocational college in order to collect survey data to understand how both male and female Saudi college students and job seekers can benefit from a Mentoring Network. Methods include:  A baseline survey of minimum 500 male and 500 female Saudi college students’ prospective career plans and recruitment into a Mentoring Network. [an informational intervention will be embedded in this survey to understand framing effects for recruitment into the Mentoring Network]  Outreach to alumni and other university affiliates to join as Mentors on the Mentoring Network.  Researchers will work with university administrators to select student and graduate participants for the pilot phase of the project (non-selected participants will be kept as the control group for the first year) and to match students and alumni mentors based on randomized criteria including employment status, college of graduation, and entrepreneurship status. -An event where families and mentors are invited to meet will be held during the year of the intervention [and attendance will be taken] -Focus Groups will be conducted to explore mechanisms of impact of the Mentoring Network and evaluate the Mentoring Network.  Weekly surveys to establish frequency and quality of Mentoring Contact over 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 month intervals.  Employability, Entrepreneurship, and Well-being Outcomes Surveys at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months to evaluate the effect of the program for participants relative to those who did not participate in the program this year. The collaboration with the NGO involves baseline, midline and endline surveys of around 200 high-school girls from disadvantaged backgrounds. Based on baseline findings (high interest in entrepreneurship), the midline survey is going to include an information treatment intervention regarding the number of on-line registered businesses owned by women in 2019. Also based on baseline findings (lack of educational and career support from male relatives), focus groups with male relatives and girls will be conducted to gather information that can inform a mentoring within households treatment for the endline survey.
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