Contact across religious groups and attitudes - Evidence from a field experiment in Myanmar

Last registered on October 29, 2019
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Contact across religious groups and attitudes - Evidence from a field experiment in Myanmar
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0004958
Initial registration date
October 29, 2019

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

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First published
October 29, 2019, 10:36 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Myanmar
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Andreas Kotsadam
Affiliation
University of Oslo
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Mette Løvgren
PI Affiliation
Oslo Metropolitan University
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PI Name
Javier Mata
PI Affiliation
Norwegian Church Aid
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2019-10-01
End date
2023-01-30
Keywords
Crime, Violence, & Conflict, Governance, Labor, Post-conflict
Additional Keywords
Contact; Peer effects
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We are conducting a field experiment where we randomly assign individuals to a youth camp and randomly assign pairs within those camps. By comparing individuals assigned partners that are of the same religion with individuals assigned to people of other religious faiths we investigate whether close personal contact increases religious tolerance and inter-religious friendship.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Kotsadam, Andreas, Mette Løvgren and Javier Mata. 2019. "Contact across religious groups and attitudes - Evidence from a field experiment in Myanmar." AEA RCT Registry. October 29. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.4958-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2019-10-29
Intervention End Date
2022-12-29

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Religious tolerance
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Index of 4 questions, see the plan.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We randomly assign individuals to a youth camp and randomly assign pairs within those camps
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Computer in office
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
350 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
350 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
175 individuals
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
MDE for main outcome: 0.3
Supporting Documents and Materials
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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