Unpacking Intergenerational Immobility: Career Choices and the Role of Parents

Last registered on December 22, 2022
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Unpacking Intergenerational Immobility: Career Choices and the Role of Parents
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0004654
Initial registration date
September 16, 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
September 16, 2019, 1:54 PM EDT

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

Last updated
December 22, 2022, 2:04 PM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Maximilian Mueller
Affiliation
UC Berkeley
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2019-09-27
End date
2023-12-31
Keywords
Education, Labor
Additional Keywords
Behavioral, Psychology, Sociology, Family
JEL code(s)
I24 - Education and Inequality, J62 - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility, D91 - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
How do students and their parents prepare career choices after high school, i.e. whether to study or to do vocational training for example? For this purpose, I visit schools and invite students and their parents to participate in a study on the question of how to plan for the time after high school.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Mueller, Maximilian. 2022. "Unpacking Intergenerational Immobility: Career Choices and the Role of Parents." AEA RCT Registry. December 22. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4654-3.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
No intervention planned.
Intervention Start Date
2019-09-27
Intervention End Date
2021-02-28

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
- Career Aspirations
- Actual Career Choices
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
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Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
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Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
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Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Students are visited in school. Both parents and students are asked to participate and answer survey questions.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
see pre-analysis plan.
Randomization Unit
see pre-analysis plan.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
Between 1,500 and 2,000 students will be approached for participation at ca. 10 schools and 15 or more cohorts (grades), the eventual number of participating students will probably be between 1,000 and 1,200 students. Up to 750 students should have at least one parent participating.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
see pre-analysis plan.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
see pre-analysis plan.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Committee for Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS)
IRB Approval Date
2019-06-24
IRB Approval Number
2019-02-11783
Analysis Plan

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