The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations

Last registered on June 17, 2021

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005929
Initial registration date
May 26, 2020

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
May 27, 2020, 12:20 PM EDT

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

Last updated
June 17, 2021, 9:18 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

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Primary Investigator

Affiliation

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2020-05-27
End date
2021-06-30
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This research study seeks to run an online experiment using Amazon Mechanical Turk workers to better understand the mechanisms through which racial and gender disparities may arise in career advancement. Specifically, we seek to understand how interactions between minority-groups and majority-groups may reduce racial disparities.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Kiss, Andrea and Nayoung Rim. 2021. "The Black-White Recognition Gap in Award Nominations." AEA RCT Registry. June 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5929-3.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
This research study seeks to run an online experiment using Amazon Mechanical Turk workers to better understand the mechanisms through which racial and gender disparities may arise in career advancement. Specifically, we seek to understand how interactions between minority-groups and majority-groups may reduce racial disparities.
Intervention (Hidden)
This research study seeks to run an online experiment using Amazon Mechanical Turk workers to better understand the mechanisms through which racial and gender disparities may arise in career advancement. Specifically, we seek to understand how interactions between minority-groups and majority-groups may reduce racial disparities.
Intervention Start Date
2020-05-27
Intervention End Date
2021-06-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The key outcome variables are the level of the interaction between participant and officer profile and whether participant nominated the officer for an award. Examples of the level of interaction are: rank order in which participant hovered over officer profiles; number of seconds participant spent on officer’s profile; and whether the participant ever hovered over the officer’s profile.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This research study seeks to run an online experiment using Amazon Mechanical Turk workers to better understand the mechanisms through which racial and gender disparities may arise in career advancement. Specifically, we seek to understand how interactions between minority-groups and majority-groups may reduce racial disparities.
Experimental Design Details
Participants will complete six tasks. The four tasks ask the participant to review randomly drawn officer profiles and choose one to nominate for an award. The last two tasks are surveys. One asks about their association with police officers. The second is a demographic survey.
Randomization Method
Randomization done by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
0
Sample size: planned number of observations
600 participants
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
600 participants
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
United States Naval Academy Human Research Protection Program
IRB Approval Date
2020-01-06
IRB Approval Number
USNA.2020.0009-IR-EM2-A
IRB Name
Duke University IRB
IRB Approval Date
2020-02-06
IRB Approval Number
2020-0338
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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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