Company Happiness Ratings and Jobseeker Behavior: Survey Experiment

Last registered on December 19, 2022
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Company Happiness Ratings and Jobseeker Behavior: Survey Experiment
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007359
Initial registration date
March 13, 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 15, 2021, 10:54 AM EDT

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

Last updated
December 19, 2022, 8:31 AM EST

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

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Primary Investigator

Name
George Ward
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2021-03-15
End date
2025-01-01
Keywords
Behavior, Labor, Welfare
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JEL code(s)
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study employs a discrete choice experiment in order to estimate the willingness to pay distribution for workplace happiness. Survey data is collected in the USA, Canada, and the UK. We ask a battery of questions about workplace happiness and other characteristics, which mirror the questions asked in the company reviewing process on a large jobs website. We use this data to characterize any differences in response patterns in nationally representative samples as compared to the self-selected responders on the website. We then use a choice experiment in order to estimate how much, if anything, workers are willing to pay in order to work at companies with a happier workforce.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Ward, George. 2022. "Company Happiness Ratings and Jobseeker Behavior: Survey Experiment." AEA RCT Registry. December 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7359-1.3
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2021-03-15
Intervention End Date
2021-03-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Willingness to pay. Please see attached document for exact wording.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Survey design and wording is included in an attached document.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomization done by computer using the survey vendor's software.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
3 Countries
Sample size: planned number of observations
4000 observations in the USA, 1500 observations in Canada, 1500 observations in the UK.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
MIT Committee on the Use of Humans as Experimental Subjects
IRB Approval Date
2021-03-14
IRB Approval Number
E-3045 (exempt)
Analysis Plan