| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Trial Status | Before in_development | After on_going |
| Field Last Published | Before December 22, 2021 09:00 AM | After March 16, 2022 05:39 AM |
| Field Intervention (Public) | Before To test for the presence of labor supply externalities and multiple employment equilibria, we will randomly vary the intensity of job offers across redistributive networks – offering actual positions at a local cashew-nut processing factory. If redistributive pressure is leading to multiple equilibria, we anticipate that saturating a network with positions will lead to greater take-up of our job opportunities (and greater labor supply on the intensive margin). Other mechanisms may also contribute to greater take-up of joint offers (with similar multiple equilibria in labor supply). As an illustration, network complementarities in the return to leisure, or in commuting, may be relevant. To alleviate redistributive pressures faced by a potential worker, providing job opportunities to network members is an option. Another is to provide direct cash payments to those network members, corresponding in size and frequency to the transfers they would have received from that potential worker – making those payments public to the latter so that they substitute for the pressures she faces. While a random subset of networks will be treated with the first option, another will be treated with the second option. If redistributive pressures are indeed driving the observed labor complementarities, the effects should be similar in both cases. | After To test for the presence of labor supply externalities and multiple employment equilibria, we will randomly vary the intensity of job offers across redistributive networks – offering actual positions at a local cashew-nut processing factory. If redistributive pressure is leading to multiple equilibria, we anticipate that saturating a network with positions will lead to greater take-up of our job opportunities (and greater labor supply on the intensive margin). Other mechanisms may also contribute to greater take-up of joint offers (with similar multiple equilibria in labor supply). As an illustration, network complementarities in the return to leisure, or in commuting, may be relevant. To alleviate redistributive pressures faced by a potential worker, providing job opportunities to network members is an option. Another is to provide direct cash payments to those network members, corresponding in size and frequency to the transfers they would have received from that potential worker – making those payments public to the latter so that they substitute for the pressures she faces. While a random subset of networks will be treated with the first option, another will be treated with the second option. If redistributive pressures are indeed driving the observed labor complementarities, the effects should be similar in both cases. ------------ * The design has been updated to include a second phase to the experiment. It is described in the document attached to this submission on March 16th, 2022. |
| Field Experimental Design (Public) | Before We will start with a set of potential applicants for the jobs offered at Olam’s new factory, opening in the summer of 2020. They will be randomized into three groups: - C – Control: job offered to the potential applicant - T1 – Jobs in Network: job offered to the potential applicant + job offered to at least 2 members of the potential applicant’s network - T2 – Cash in Network: job offered to the potential applicant + cash payments to at least 2 members of the potential applicant’s network We will first survey potential applicants, primarily to elicit their redistributive network members, and inform them of their treatment assignment. We will then survey their network members, and inform them of their treatment assignment (if any). | After We will start with a set of potential applicants for the jobs offered at Olam’s new factory, opening in the summer of 2020. They will be randomized into three groups: - C – Control: job offered to the potential applicant - T1 – Jobs in Network: job offered to the potential applicant + job offered to at least 2 members of the potential applicant’s network - T2 – Cash in Network: job offered to the potential applicant + cash payments to at least 2 members of the potential applicant’s network We will first survey potential applicants, primarily to elicit their redistributive network members, and inform them of their treatment assignment. We will then survey their network members, and inform them of their treatment assignment (if any). ------------ * The design has been updated to include a second phase to the experiment. It is described in the document attached to this submission on March 16th, 2022. |
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Document Name | Before | After Second Phase of the Experiment |
| Field Custom Type | Before | After Study design |
| Field File | Before |
After
LaborExternalities_Update_March2022.pdf
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| Field Description | Before | After Description of the second phase added to the experiment. |
| Field Public | Before | After Yes |