Information, Attitudes, and Beliefs towards Migrants.

Last registered on October 29, 2021

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Information, Attitudes, and Beliefs towards Migrants.
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0008454
Initial registration date
October 27, 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
October 29, 2021, 1:41 PM EDT

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

Locations

Region
Region
Region
Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
World Bank

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
World Bank

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2021-10-27
End date
2021-12-30
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
The objective of the study is to understand if providing information nudges to national natives living in four countries (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile) with a recent significant inflow of Venezuelan immigrants, has any effect on the attitudes that these individuals have of migrants and on their beliefs on the consequences of the migrant’s presence in their country. As the inflow of Venezuelans intensified during the last ten to five years, so did the biases and misconceptions with respect to their impact in the host country. Understanding if the provision of information influences attitudes and beliefs can help in the formulation and design of public policies aimed at removing the social and economic barriers to the integration of Venezuelans in these four countries.

In order to test this hypothesis, we are conducting a small-scale Randomized Control Trial (RCT) during the months of October to December 2021. This will be part of a larger data collection effort, a telephone-based household survey inquiring on the effects of Covid-19 on the welfare of households, where approximately 1000 individuals per country will be interviewed. Sample size was based on budget restrictions. The intervention itself consists of one treatment arm and one control group. In the treatment arm subjects will be read a sentence that contains facts on the characteristics of Venezuelan migrants in the country (specifically, what proportion of the national population do they represent and what proportion of public services -education and health- they use), before reading a battery of questions on individual’s attitudes and beliefs towards migrants. The control group will only answer the survey. The survey will be conducted by phone and the respondent will be informed of the purpose of the overall survey, and asked for consent to participate.


External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina and Sandra V. Rozo. 2021. "Information, Attitudes, and Beliefs towards Migrants.." AEA RCT Registry. October 29. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8454-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The objective of the study is to understand if providing information nudges to national natives living in four countries (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Chile) with a recent significant inflow of Venezuelan immigrants, has any effect on the attitudes that these individuals have of migrants and on their beliefs on the consequences of the migrant’s presence in their country. As the inflow of Venezuelans intensified during the last ten to five years, so did the biases and misconceptions with respect to their impact in the host country. Understanding if the provision of information influences attitudes and beliefs can help in the formulation and design of public policies aimed at removing the social and economic barriers to the integration of Venezuelans in these four countries.

In order to test this hypothesis, we are conducting a small-scale Randomized Control Trial (RCT) during the months of October to December 2021. This will be part of a larger data collection effort, a telephone-based household survey inquiring on the effects of Covid-19 on the welfare of households, where approximately 1000 individuals per country will be interviewed. Sample size was based on budget restrictions. The intervention itself consists of one treatment arm and one control group. In the treatment arm subjects will be read a sentence that contains facts on the characteristics of Venezuelan migrants in the country (specifically, what proportion of the national population do they represent and what proportion of public services -education and health- they use), before reading a battery of questions on individual’s attitudes and beliefs towards migrants. The control group will only answer the survey. The survey will be conducted by phone and the respondent will be informed of the purpose of the overall survey, and asked for consent to participate.
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2021-10-27
Intervention End Date
2021-12-30

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Three main indexes of policy altruism, attitudes towards migrants, and beliefs towards the impacts of migration.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Indexes will be estimates by standardizing the raw variables, averaging across them and then standardizing the remaining index again.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
In order to test this hypothesis, we are conducting a small-scale Randomized Control Trial (RCT) during the months of October to December 2021. This will be part of a larger data collection effort, a telephone-based household survey inquiring on the effects of Covid-19 on the welfare of households, where approximately 1000 individuals per country will be interviewed. Sample size was based on budget restrictions. The intervention itself consists of one treatment arm and one control group. In the treatment arm subjects will be read a sentence that contains facts on the characteristics of Venezuelan migrants in the country (specifically, what proportion of the national population do they represent and what proportion of public services -education and health- they use), before reading a battery of questions on individual’s attitudes and beliefs towards migrants. The control group will only answer the survey. The survey will be conducted by phone and the respondent will be informed of the purpose of the overall survey, and asked for consent to participate.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
blind randomization.
Randomization Unit
individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
4000 individuals, 1000 per country.
Sample size: planned number of observations
4000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
2000
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
HML IRB Review Board
IRB Approval Date
2021-10-27
IRB Approval Number
#1022TWBG21

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

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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Reports & Other Materials