Neighborhoods, Perceptions, and Preferences for Redistribution

Last registered on December 19, 2021
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Neighborhoods, Perceptions, and Preferences for Redistribution
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0008708
Initial registration date
December 15, 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
December 19, 2021, 12:13 PM EST

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

Locations

Country
Spain
Region
Catalonia

Primary Investigator

Name
Gerard Domenech-Arumi
Affiliation
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2020-05-28
End date
2020-06-09
Keywords
Behavior, Electoral
Additional Keywords
Neighborhoods, Perceptions, Inequality
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
I study the effects of neighborhoods on inequality perceptions and demand for redistribution in the context of Barcelona. To that end, I combine rich administrative data with original survey data. The main approach to identification exploits the rise of new apartment buildings as a quasi-experiment, but the survey also contains two cross-randomized information experiments as alternative identification approaches. The first experiment gives respondents information about the level of inequality in Barcelona and is expected to influence perceived national-level inequality. The second experiment provides information about the respondent's position in the national income distribution and is expected to influence demand for redistribution. The main focus of the project is on perceived inequality, but the survey also elicits other kinds of perceptions related to the demand for redistribution (e.g., immigration, social mobility) that I plan to explore in different spin-off projects.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Domenech-Arumi, Gerard. 2021. "Neighborhoods, Perceptions, and Preferences for Redistribution." AEA RCT Registry. December 19. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.8708-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2020-05-28
Intervention End Date
2020-06-09

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Perceptions about inequality and demand for redistribution
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
I measure perceived inequality by computing the Gini index of the perceived national income distribution of survey respondents. I elicit their perceived national income redistribution building from existing questions in the literature.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Other perceptions (e.g., perceived immigration, perceived social mobility)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The main approach to identification exploits the rise of new apartment buildings as a quasi-experiment, but the survey also contains two cross-randomized information experiments as alternative identification approaches. The first experiment gives respondents information about the level of inequality in Barcelona and is expected to influence perceived national-level inequality. The second experiment provides information about the respondent's position in the national income distribution and is expected to influence demand for redistribution.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in Qualtrics survey software.
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
73 neighborhoods
Sample size: planned number of observations
1500
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
350 Control, 350 Treatment 1, 350 Treatment 2, 350 Treatment 1 & 2
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Charles River Campus Institutional Review Board
IRB Approval Date
2020-03-10
IRB Approval Number
5435X
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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