An online survey experiment on intergenerational fairness preferences

Last registered on September 17, 2021
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
An online survey experiment on intergenerational fairness preferences
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007288
Initial registration date
March 05, 2021

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
March 08, 2021, 10:24 AM EST

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

Last updated
September 17, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT

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Locations

Country
Japan
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Hide-Fumi Yokoo
Affiliation
Hitotsubashi University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Rintaro Yamaguchi
PI Affiliation
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2021-03-09
End date
2021-06-08
Keywords
Welfare
Additional Keywords
fairness preferences, intergenerational equity, intergenerational fairness, randomized online survey experiment
JEL code(s)
D63, D64, E62
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We study whether fairness preferences are different for intra- and inter-generational settings. In our survey, respondents will be asked to decide whether to redistribute income between a pair of workers who will be allocated unequal earnings in a hypothetical scenario. The respondents will be randomly assigned to one of three treatments (the 1950s treatment, 1970s treatment, and 1990streatment), where the treatments only differ with respect to the generation of one of the two workers who do not receive pre-redistribution earnings.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Yamaguchi, Rintaro and Hide-Fumi Yokoo. 2021. "An online survey experiment on intergenerational fairness preferences." AEA RCT Registry. September 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7288-2.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
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Intervention Start Date
2021-03-09
Intervention End Date
2021-06-08

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
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Primary Outcomes (explanation)
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Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
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Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
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Experimental Design

Experimental Design
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Experimental Design Details
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Randomization Method
The randomization is done by an online survey company by the survey software.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
11,100 individuals
Sample size: planned number of observations
11,100 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
3,700 individuals
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
May 20, 2021, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
May 20, 2021, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
11,100 individuals
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
11,100 individuals
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
3,700 individuals
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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