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Last Published
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Before
July 17, 2022 12:13 PM
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After
December 22, 2022 02:38 AM
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Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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Before
1. Interest and take up of jobs by work arrangement. The work arrangements vary across three attributes: (1) ability to choose location, (2) ability to choose hours of work, and (3) ability to multitask with childcare. We will assess interest/take up of jobs in at least two ways: (1) women's responses in the baseline survey to whether they would take each job if offered it, and (2) whether or not women actually start the job that they are assigned during the intervention period.
2. Interest in further training and work after the intervention. During the endline survey, we will elicit women's interest in skills training or other work opportunities.
3. Gender attitudes related to gender and work, household roles, and technology.
4. Women's agency. We will measure agency related to at least two categories: (i) mobility and (ii) ability to make financial decisions.
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After
1. Interest and take up of jobs by work arrangement. The work arrangements vary across three attributes: (1) ability to choose location, (2) ability to choose hours of work, and (3) ability to multitask with childcare. We will assess interest/take up of jobs in at least two ways: (1) women's responses in the baseline survey to whether they would take each job if offered it, and (2) whether or not women actually start the job that they are assigned during the intervention period.
2. Interest in further training and work after the intervention. During the endline survey, we will elicit women's interest in skills training or other work opportunities. We then offer another round of work opportunities to all participants who completed the endline survey. These work opportunities vary in their flexibility in time, ability to multitask with childcare, and work location. We measure take up of these job outcomes.
3. Gender attitudes related to gender and work, household roles, and technology.
4. Women's agency. We will measure agency related to at least two categories: (i) mobility and (ii) ability to make financial decisions.
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Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
Our evaluation consists of an RCT in and around Kolkata, West Bengal with approximately 1,500-2,000 households. Participating households will be randomly assigned into job treatment groups and a control group. The month-long, smartphone-based jobs consist of contributing to a Bengali or Hindi dataset by speaking aloud provided sentences.
The job treatment groups vary across three dimensions: 1) ability to choose work location, 2) ability to choose work hours, and 3) ability to multitask with childcare. First, we offer jobs to women and measure the difference in job acceptance for each job variation. Second, we return to a random subset of participants who were originally offered inflexible work arrangements, and we offer them the option to switch to the most flexible job. Third, we implement the month-long jobs. Lastly, at the end of the short-term job, we provide information about further training and work and measure the impacts of jobs on the households (e.g. women's interest in future work, time use, gender attitudes, and agency).
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After
Our evaluation consists of an RCT in and around Kolkata, West Bengal with approximately 1,500-2,000 households. Participating households will be randomly assigned into job treatment groups and a control group. The month-long, smartphone-based jobs consist of contributing to a Bengali or Hindi dataset by speaking aloud provided sentences.
The job treatment groups vary across three dimensions: 1) ability to choose work location, 2) ability to choose work hours, and 3) ability to multitask with childcare. First, we offer jobs to women and measure the difference in job acceptance for each job variation. Second, we return to a random subset of participants who were originally offered inflexible work arrangements, and we offer them the option to switch to the most flexible job. Third, we implement the month-long jobs. Lastly, at the end of the short-term job, we provide information about further training and work and measure the impacts of jobs on the households (e.g. women's interest in future work, time use, gender attitudes, and agency). To measure the impact on women's interest in future work, we offer another round of jobs and measure take up of these job opportunities. These jobs vary in whether they are digital or non-digital, and vary across the same three dimensions as the original treatment.
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Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Before
1128 treatment, 375 control;
First job offers: 188 most flexible job, 188 fixed time-slot job, 188 for no multitasking with childcare, 188 fixed time-slot and no multitasking with childcare, 376 fixed location.
Final job offers (after option to switch to most flexible job): 658 most flexible job, 94 fixed time-slot job, 94 for no multitasking with childcare, 94 fixed time-slot and no multitasking with childcare, 188 fixed location.
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After
1250 treatment, 420 control;
First job offers: 208 most flexible job, 208 fixed time-slot job, 208 for no multitasking with childcare, 208 fixed time-slot and no multitasking with childcare, 415 fixed location.
Final job offers (after option to switch to most flexible job): 731 most flexible job, 103 fixed time-slot job, 105 for no multitasking with childcare, 105 fixed time-slot and no multitasking with childcare, 206 fixed location.
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