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Last Published
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April 20, 2021 08:09 AM
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September 20, 2022 12:10 PM
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Intervention Start Date
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June 30, 2020
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May 20, 2020
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Experimental Design (Public)
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Because of the Corona crisis the start date and end date of the intervention was shifted (see the Pre-analysis plan for more details).
The population involved in this RCT will consist of a 2/3 random sample of all Swedes who start a spell of insured unemployment between May 20, 2020 and December 31, 2021 (or earlier in case the PES decides to stop the intervention earlier).
There are two treatment group conditions (controlled or autonomous motivation) and one control group, all individuals who entered unemployment and registered at the Public Employment Service (PES) at some point between May 20, 2020 and December 31, 2021 (or earlier in case the PES decides to stop the intervention prematurely). The size of the control group is double as large as that of the treatment groups. The controlled treatment group condition receives a series of six electronic messages (of about 100-120 words) during the first half year of unemployment (so conditional on still being unemployed). The content of these messages aims at reinforcing external pressure. The autonomous treatment group condition also receives these six messages according to the same timing, but their content aims rather at triggering autonomy, competence and relatedness, the three inborn needs of people according to the Self-Determination Theory. The control group receives no messages.
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Because of the Corona crisis the start date and end date of the intervention was shifted (see the Pre-analysis plan for more details).
The population involved in this RCT will consist of a 2/3 random sample of all Swedes who start a spell of insured unemployment between May 20, 2020 and December 19, 2021.
There are two treatment group conditions (controlled or autonomous motivation) and one control group, all individuals who entered unemployment and registered at the Public Employment Service (PES) at some point between May 20, 2020 and December 19, 2021 (or earlier in case the PES decides to stop the intervention prematurely). The size of the control group is double as large as that of the treatment groups. The controlled treatment group condition receives a series of six electronic messages (of about 100-120 words) during the first half year of unemployment (so conditional on still being unemployed). The content of these messages aims at reinforcing external pressure. The autonomous treatment group condition also receives these six messages according to the same timing, but their content aims rather at triggering autonomy, competence and relatedness, the three inborn needs of people according to the Self-Determination Theory. The control group receives no messages.
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Planned Number of Observations
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2/3 of all individuals who entered unemployment in Sweden and registered at the Public Employment Service between May 20, 2020 and December 31, 2021 will be sampled, unless the PES decides to stop the intervention earlier. In case the intervention takes place throughout the planned interventions period the sample size is estimated to comprise 275,000 individuals (calculation based on extrapolations).
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2/3 of all individuals who entered unemployment in Sweden and registered at the Public Employment Service between May 20, 2020 and December 19, 2021 were sampled. In case the intervention takes place throughout the planned interventions period the sample size is estimated to comprise 275,000 individuals (calculation based on extrapolations).
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Keyword(s)
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Labor
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Labor
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Building on Existing Work
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No
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