Gender, information exchange and choice over co-workers: experimental evidence

Last registered on May 17, 2021
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Gender, information exchange and choice over co-workers: experimental evidence
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007677
Initial registration date
May 14, 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
May 17, 2021, 10:29 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Pakistan
Region
Punjab

Primary Investigator

Name
Shan Aman-Rana
Affiliation
University of Virginia
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Clement Minaudier
PI Affiliation
University of Vienna
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PI Name
Brais Álvarez Pereira
PI Affiliation
NOVAFRICA, Universidade NOVA SBE
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PI Name
Shamyla Chaudry
PI Affiliation
Lahore School of Economics)
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2020-09-30
End date
2021-12-31
Keywords
Gender
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
J1, J15, J16, M50, O15
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We study whether the gender of co-workers matters for information exchange and performance in teams. We carried out a lab-in-the-field experiment where `test-takers’ were randomly assigned `helpers’. Helper allocation was randomized on two dimensions: (1) gender and (2) test-taker preference for that helper at baseline. To directly investigate frictions in information exchange, we cross-randomized the availability of hints to help with the task.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Aman-Rana, Shan et al. 2021. "Gender, information exchange and choice over co-workers: experimental evidence ." AEA RCT Registry. May 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7677-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We investigate whether the gender of co-workers matters for information exchange and performance in teams. Does allowing choice over co-worker matter.
Intervention Start Date
2020-09-30
Intervention End Date
2020-10-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Performance on tests (overall and by subjects), hint uncovered
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Belief that answers are correct and that they perform above median in their group. Heterogeneity by baseline confidence, score and GPA
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with university students studying Economics in Pakistan. We split participants into ‘test-takers’ whose outcomes we study, and ‘helpers’, who help test-takers perform. The treatment uses a within-person rotation design. The same test-taker randomly matched with different helper across rounds and in each test given hints in some questions and not in others.
Experimental Design Details
T1: Randomly chosen helpers (of either gender)
T2: Preferred helper (of either gender)
T3: Hint available vs no hint in questions (cross-randomized over helper allocation)
Control: Without helper, with and without hints
Randomization Method
Public lottery through picking pieces of paper from a bowl. For the preferred helper treatment, we used a random serial dictatorship starting from the right hand corner of the aisle where test-takers sat.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
85 male and 85 female students (as test-takers)
Sample size: planned number of observations
6 tests per test-takers with 30 questions per test. 6x30x85=15300 male and15300 female test-takers
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Rotation design so 85 per treatment arm. They are their own controls.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
The study sample was limited by the number of women, we invited ALL women that were studying in the university.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Human Research Protection Program, Institutional Review Board for Social & Behavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
IRB Approval Date
2020-08-19
IRB Approval Number
3568
Analysis Plan

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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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