Self vs. Social Image: Evidence from Survey Experiments

Last registered on November 04, 2019
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Self vs. Social Image: Evidence from Survey Experiments
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0004824
Initial registration date
October 30, 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
November 04, 2019, 10:13 AM EST

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

Locations

Country
Australia
Region
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region
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Singapore
Region
Country
United States of America
Region
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South Africa
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Affiliation
UC Berkeley
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2017-03-26
End date
2021-03-31
Keywords
Welfare
Additional Keywords
Social preferences, self images, social esteem
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We unpack sources of "image utility", which is a source of social preferences, and device a scheme that mitigate sufferings from income comparisons. More specifically, in our first stage of the experiment, we measure how much people care about their image (i) when they feel proud/ashamed (hedonic image), and (ii) when they expect others to treat them better/worse when the others interact with them (instrumental image). In doing so, we conduct hypothetical discrete choice experiments a la Shigeoka and Yamada (2019, JEBO) in five countries (US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and South Africa). With these experiments we can understand the nature of social preferences more in depth, which would enable us to device a better scheme to mitigate sufferings from income comparisons than the one used in Shigeoka and Yamada (2019, JEBO). Then, we conduct a RCT study to test if newly devised scheme indeed have an expected impact.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Perez-Truglia, Ricardo. 2019. "Self vs. Social Image: Evidence from Survey Experiments." AEA RCT Registry. November 04. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4824-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-04-01
Intervention End Date
2020-04-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
We are interested in the effects of self images and those of social esteem, as components of social preferences. We are also interested in if we can changes those effects via information treatments.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We conduct hypothetical discrete choice experiments to measure the baseline effects of self images and those of social esteem among subjects. After the measurements, we conduct information treatments to see the effects of differential treatments on social preferences.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1,000 individuals for each country (US, UK, South Africa, Singapore, and Australia)
Sample size: planned number of observations
1,000 individuals for each country (US, UK, South Africa, Singapore, and Australia)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 individuals for treatment group, 500 individuals for control group for each country (US, UK, South Africa, Singapore, and Australia)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Michiko Nakabayashi
IRB Approval Date
2019-01-16
IRB Approval Number
ZAI3102
Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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