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Portable Seclusion: Religious Head Scarf and Labor Force Participation

Last registered on June 25, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Portable Seclusion: Religious Head Scarf and Labor Force Participation
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0006049
Initial registration date
June 25, 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
June 25, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Indonesia
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Naila Shofia
Affiliation
Bocconi University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2020-06-29
End date
2020-07-24
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
Culture, Social Norms
JEL code(s)
A13, J16, Z10, Z12
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The research aims at revealing the perception of young women (and men) about the role of (religious) headscarf for female integration in the public sphere. In particular, it attempts to understand the rationale behind the use of head scarf among young female women in the context of contemporary Muslim society. The hypothesis tested here is that the headscarf is used by young female population to smoothen their transition into the labor market. The particular mechanism we are interested in is to see whether young female women (and men) perceived that wearing this religious garb could help these young females to avoid/compensate the stigma from taking jobs that require them to venture beyond their domestic compound.



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Registration Citation

Citation
Shofia, Naila. 2020. "Portable Seclusion: Religious Head Scarf and Labor Force Participation." AEA RCT Registry. June 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6049-1.0
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Sponsors

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-06-29
Intervention End Date
2020-07-24

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Approval for public-facing jobs
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
The outcome is calculated as percentage of respondents who approve public facing job for the respective subject described in the vignette.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
1) Perception about the moral values
2) Perception about marriage market potential
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Respondents will be randomly allocated to receive different profiles and different job advertisements. They will then be asked to choose a job that is suitable for the subject.
Experimental Design Details
This is a survey experiment using a survey mobile app. The respondents will be shown hypothetical profiles and job advertisements in two rounds. In each round, the respondents in different groups will be shown a vignette with a profile of the same female subject (actress) with a photograph where the subject is not veiled in control condition, but is veiled in the treatment condition. The respondents will then be asked to choose a job that they think is suitable for the subject described in the vignette. The choice of jobs are between an online job--which does not formally require the subject to leave their home--and a public facing job. In the second round, the respondents will be shown different female subject than the first round (but similar subject across groups, with different veil treatment across treatment groups) and then will be asked to choose a job (online vs. public facing) that they think is suitable for the subject in the vignette. After the two rounds of job compatibility perception, the respondents will then be asked about their perception on different traits related the subject featured in the vignettes. In particular, these traits are related to subject's moral values and subject's desirability in the marriage market. These treatments will be expanded to include different level of wage for public facing job, while wage for online job is kept constant. Hence, we have different wage differential (gap) between online and public facing job. I plan to have six different wage level of public facing job.
Randomization Method
Simple randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
The unit of randomization is individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
No cluster
Sample size: planned number of observations
I plan to have 2688 respondents.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
I plan to have 672 in each treatment arms.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
The Ethics Committee of Bocconi University
IRB Approval Date
2020-03-30
IRB Approval Number
FA000042
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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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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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