Can a digital solution foster immigrants’ integration?

Last registered on August 02, 2021
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Can a digital solution foster immigrants’ integration?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0008018
Initial registration date
July 31, 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
August 02, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Germany
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
William Pariente
Affiliation
Université Catholique de Louvain
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Clément Imbert
PI Affiliation
University of Warwick
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PI Name
Yvonne Giesing
PI Affiliation
Ifo Institute
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PI Name
Nadzeya Laurentsyeva
PI Affiliation
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2021-09-01
End date
2023-09-01
Keywords
Labor, Welfare
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
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Abstract
One reason for poor integration outcomes of immigrants can be a lack of information about local
integration support programs, language courses, job offers and other relevant local information.
This project evaluates the effectiveness of providing
local information for immigrants to improve their economic and social integration outcomes. The
information is provided by the app Integreat, developed by our partner NGO Tür an Tür -
Digitalfabrik in collaboration with German municipalities. Our project will randomly select
immigrants who have recently arrived in Germany and introduce them to the Integreat app. We
will evaluate if and how much they use the app, and whether it improves their integration
outcomes, as measured in administrative data and complementary surveys.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya et al. 2021. "Can a digital solution foster immigrants’ integration?." AEA RCT Registry. August 02. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8018-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2021-09-01
Intervention End Date
2023-09-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
employment status, job search, wage, income, social integration, social network, well-being, level of information of existing services
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Our design consists of the two following steps. First, we will send a letter to a sample of the target population of migrants
to invite them to participate in an incentivized online study about immigrants’ integration.
Second, among the respondents who have completed the baseline survey and signed the consent
form, we randomly select participants (the encouraged group), to whom we will provide
information about the existence and usefulness of the application.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
randomization done by the computer (programed within the survey application)
Randomization Unit
Household
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
3000
Sample size: planned number of observations
3000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1500 households encouraged to use the app, 1500 households control
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT ETHIKKOMMISSION
IRB Approval Date
2021-02-24
IRB Approval Number
2021-05
Analysis Plan

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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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