Gender, Information, and Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria

Last registered on October 21, 2019

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Gender, Information, and Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0004839

Initial registration date

October 19, 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

October 21, 2019, 10:03 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country

Nigeria

Region

Primary Investigator

Name

Mofioluwasademi Odunowo

Affiliation

Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name

Marco Castillo

PI Affiliation

Department of Economics, Texas A&M University

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Additional Trial Information

Status

In development

Start date

2019-10-28

End date

2020-12-31

Keywords

Education, Gender

Additional Keywords

Subjective expectations, risk and time preferences, information

JEL code(s)

I21, I22, O15, D81, D84

Secondary IDs

Abstract

In order to avoid experimenter demand effects, we describe the study in fields that will not become public until after the experiment is over.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

Castillo, Marco and Mofioluwasademi Odunowo. 2019. "Gender, Information, and Educational Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria." AEA RCT Registry. October 21. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4839-1.0

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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

We estimate the role of subjective expectations (earnings and ability) in determining the choice of academic curriculum in high school. We experimentally provide information on different job characteristics and test how students adjust their beliefs and actual choices of curriculum in response to the new information. We also examine the role of time and risk preferences in explaining the choice of curriculum in school.

Intervention Start Date

2019-10-28

Intervention End Date

2020-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Choice of curriculum (expectations and actual), Schooling outcomes (Grades, enrollment), Valuation of information
Future outcomes (college enrollment, major choice, occupational choice)

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

See attached plan

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Risk aversion coefficient, discount rate

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

See attached plan

Experimental Design

See attached plan

Experimental Design Details

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Randomization Method

Randomization is done by a computer

Randomization Unit

School

Was the treatment clustered?

Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

32 schools

Sample size: planned number of observations

5,120 students

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

16 control schools, 16 treatment schools

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

With 16 clusters in each treatment arm, 160 students in each school and a baseline dropout rate of 21% in the state, we can detect an MDE of 6 percentage points reduction in the dropout rate (0.14 standard deviations with a power of 0.80).

Supporting Documents and Materials

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