A Field Experiment to Improve Women's Mobility in Pakistan

Last registered on April 24, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
A Field Experiment to Improve Women's Mobility in Pakistan
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009490
Initial registration date
May 24, 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
May 26, 2022, 11:44 AM EDT

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

Last updated
April 24, 2023, 1:05 PM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
Pakistan
Region
Karachi

Primary Investigator

Name
Sarah Thompson
Affiliation
Stanford University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-07-01
End date
2023-08-31
Keywords
Gender
Additional Keywords
Mobility
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
Despite high rates of familial poverty in Pakistan, the country has low rates of women's LFP compared to countries with similar GDPs. These low rates of LFP can contribute to low levels of women's economic agency. This project uses an experiment to alleviate a key constraint to LFP: access to safe and reliable transportation. The study will randomize women's access to personal motorized scooters, the most commonly used way by which men arrive to work in this context. With survey data and weekly SMS data collection, it will assess how this shock to women's mobility can affect LFP and agency. Given the study's setting in one of Pakistan's largest cities, our results of this study will have broader implications for rapidly urbanizing areas across South Asia and other developing countries.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Thompson, Sarah. 2023. "A Field Experiment to Improve Women's Mobility in Pakistan." AEA RCT Registry. April 24. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9490-1.2
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2022-07-15
Intervention End Date
2023-02-28

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Labor force participation, economic agency, gender attitudes, political participation
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
The study will randomize women's access to personal motorized scooters

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The study will randomize women's access to personal motorized scooters.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer,
Randomization Unit
Individual
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
450 women
Sample size: planned number of observations
450 women
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
225 women control, 225 women treatment
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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