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The Impact of Gender Norms on Female-owned Enterprises

Last registered on June 21, 2021
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
The Impact of Gender Norms on Female-owned Enterprises
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0007855
Initial registration date
June 20, 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
June 21, 2021, 11:50 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Ethiopia
Region
Addis Ababa

Primary Investigator

Name
Isabelle Salcher
Affiliation
New York University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Eyoual Demeke
PI Affiliation
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2021-07-19
End date
2022-12-31
Keywords
Firms & Productivity, Gender
Additional Keywords
Female entrepreneurship, Gender norms
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
In Ethiopia, entrenched gender norms continue to prescribe the burden of domestic duties to women, even as many women run their own business. Most of these businesses are small and tend to significantly underperform their male-owned counterparts. This project seeks to understand to what extent the norm that women do the bulk of housework and childcare constrains female-owned enterprises. More specifically, we estimate the payment premium female entrepreneurs require relative to their husbands to accept additional work opportunities and examine how much of this premium is explained by an unwillingness to perform gender-coded tasks.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Demeke, Eyoual and Isabelle Salcher. 2021. "The Impact of Gender Norms on Female-owned Enterprises." AEA RCT Registry. June 21. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.7855-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2021-08-02
Intervention End Date
2021-12-06

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Completion of weekly tasks (0/1), premium to perform gender-coded tasks
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Time use, business performance, household income
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We randomly vary the payments for this work opportunity from week to week and participants are informed that weekly tasks differ in their payments in an unsystematic manner. Moreover, we vary when this work task is offered.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individual-level
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
500 couples (female microentrepreneurs + spouses)
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
500 couples
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
New York University
IRB Approval Date
2021-06-16
IRB Approval Number
IRB-FY2021-5102
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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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 & Other Materials