Finding jobs for Syrian refugees and Local job-seekers in Jordan

Last registered on October 15, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Finding jobs for Syrian refugees and Local job-seekers in Jordan
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0006588
Initial registration date
October 13, 2020

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

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First published
October 15, 2020, 12:48 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Jordan
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Simon Quinn
Affiliation
Department of Economics and Public Policy, Imperial College London
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Soha Shami
PI Affiliation
Danish Refugee Council
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PI Name
Maximilian Kasy
PI Affiliation
University of Oxford
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PI Name
Grant Gordon
PI Affiliation
International Rescue Committee
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PI Name
Stefano Caria
PI Affiliation
University of Warwick
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2019-02-01
End date
2020-11-30
Keywords
Labor
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
In this intervention, we connect treated job-seekers to suitable vacancies in the manufacturing sector. We work in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Over the course of nine months (from February 2019 until November 2019), we simultaneously collected information about job-seekers and job openings. We reached job-seekers through a combination of passive and active methods (job-seekers could apply to be part of the program at the IRC offices, and we also actively reached out to job-seekers through home visits and by using lists produced by community organisations), aiming to include a similar number of Syrian refugees and Jordanian job-seekers. The programme was open to individuals who were aged between 18 and 45 years (inclusive), and who were willing to take up low-skilled wage work in the immediate future.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Caria, Stefano et al. 2020. "Finding jobs for Syrian refugees and Local job-seekers in Jordan." AEA RCT Registry. October 15. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6588-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
In this intervention, we connect treated job-seekers to suitable vacancies in the manufacturing sector. We work in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Over the course of nine months (from February 2019 until November 2019), we simultaneously collected information about job-seekers and job openings. We reached job-seekers through a combination of passive and active methods (job-seekers could apply to be part of the program at the IRC offices, and we also actively reached out to job-seekers through home visits and by using lists produced by community organisations), aiming to include a similar number of Syrian refugees and Jordanian job-seekers.
Intervention Start Date
2019-02-01
Intervention End Date
2019-11-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Wage employment, earnings, expenditure, wellbeing, social integration and migration intention (see submitted PDF document)
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
See submitted PDF document.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Other household migration, savings, job network, retention (see submitted PDF document)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
See submitted PDF document for details.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual job-seeker
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2500 individuals (approx)
Sample size: planned number of observations
2500 individuals (approx)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1000 individuals control (approx), 800 individuals matching (approx), 660 individuals matching x cash (approx)
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Departmental Research Ethics Committee
IRB Approval Date
2018-05-05
IRB Approval Number
ECONCIA18-19-004
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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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