Field | Before | After |
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Field Last Published | Before August 21, 2014 05:11 PM | After August 22, 2014 08:02 AM |
Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before 1250 individuals | After 1250 individuals (116 actually treated) |
Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 600 individuals |
Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After Experiment 1: 888 individuals to treatment, 362 to control. Experiment 2: 623 non-compliers reinvited to receive treatment |
Field Do all standard errors account for clustering? | Before | After Yes |
Field Planned Number of Clusters | Before No clustering | After 1250 individuals |
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Field Paper Abstract | Before | After We randomly assign 1250 unemployed men and women to be invited once or twice to a specific-skills training program offered by a large multinational firm as part of its social responsibility efforts. Individuals with the lowest opportunity cost self-select into attending the program, which implies that the ability distribution of those invited but not registered, from which we draw our second group of invitees, is truncated from below. The impact of the first invitation is to decrease labor market participation, whereas the second invitation increases participation. We suggest that the program helps participants learn their own type (through interactions with other students), which is relatively low on average for the first group and relatively high for the second. First-invite treatments declare themselves to be less prepared for the job market relative to controls whereas second-invites feel better prepared as a result of the program. Socialization and selection effects may be important for job training programs. |
Field Paper Citation | Before | After Ortega, Daniel and Mata, Adriana (2013) "JOB TRAINING, SELECTION AND SELF DISCOVERY". CAF Working Papers. N° 2013/07. |
Field Paper URL | Before | After http://www.caf.com/media/1871196/job-training-selection-self-discovery.pdf |