Can an informational treatment incentivize the take-up of a corporate counseling service?

Last registered on April 20, 2022
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Can an informational treatment incentivize the take-up of a corporate counseling service?
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009281
Initial registration date
April 20, 2022

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
April 20, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Italy
Region
Trentino Alto Adige

Primary Investigator

Name
martina bazzoli
Affiliation
fbk-irvapp
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-04-21
End date
2022-04-29
Keywords
Behavior, Welfare
Additional Keywords
information treatment, nudging, counseling service, work-related stress
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to estimate the impact of an informational treatment aimed at incentivizing the use of a corporate counseling service.
This experiment is part of a survey designed to assess psychosocial risks at work and project interventions to support organizational well-being. The survey is addressed to the employees of a research institute located in the region Trentino Alto Adige.
The informational treatment concerns the widespread of work-related stress and the increasing demand of psychological services.
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Registration Citation

Citation
bazzoli, martina. 2022. "Can an informational treatment incentivize the take-up of a corporate counseling service?." AEA RCT Registry. April 20. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9281-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The informational treatment concerns the widespread of work-related stress and the increasing demand of psychological services.
Intervention Start Date
2022-04-21
Intervention End Date
2022-04-29

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
- percentage of employee who access to the "information page" of corporate counselling service
percentage of employee who open the website format to book a counseling appointment.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
- percentage of employee who open the website format to book a counselling appointment. We know how many people start the process but we don't know, for privacy reasons, how many complete the procedure.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The survey is emailed to all employees (approximately 500) of the research institution. Treated and controls are randomly selected directly from the Otree Program. This software was used to program the cawi survey
The survey will be open for 9 days
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
employees
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
1
Sample size: planned number of observations
There are about 500 employees and we expect about 300 to respond to the survey.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
250 treated and 250 controls
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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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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