Experimental Design Details
Receiver prompts:
As a reminder, BRAC is working with your management to provide two days of skills training for linking workers. BRAC has hired professional trainers to provide the skills training.
For workers who are not selected by the lottery to participate in the skills training, we will hold voluntary training sessions. In these sessions, workers who have successfully completed the skills training, passed the final test, and qualified to the completion certificate will share their knowledge with other workers in the factory.
Each worker who completes the skills training will be paired with one worker who did not receive the skills training in order to share their knowledge. The session will be held during lunch break or on Fridays for approximately one hour in 3-4 weeks from now.
Let’s imagine that you are NOT selected by the lottery. This means that, if you participate in the teaching session, then another worker who completed the skills training would share their knowledge with you.
PRIVATE VERSION: “We would not post any information about your meeting. We would not announce whom you are matched with. Your decision would be kept 100% private. The trained worker would share their knowledge with you in a one-on-one session only attended by a member of the research team.”
PUBLIC VERSION: “We would post your meeting assignment on the bulletin board and would announce whom you are matched with on the PA system one week before the session. The trained worker would share their knowledge with you in a group session attended by other workers and by a member of the research team.”
Due to our limited budget, we have to figure out how many teaching sessions we’ll be able to hold. We would like to know what is the maximum amount you would be willing to pay in order to participate in the teaching session. We hope you will answer as honestly as possible, because after you give us the amount you are willing to pay, I will check on the computer what amount we will be able to accept. If your amount is at or above the amount that the computer tells me, you will pay the amount the computer tells me and participate in the session. If it’s lower, then we won’t offer you the information sharing session.
If you are paired with…
• A male worker of same skill grade and position type as you
• A female worker of same skill grade and position type as you
• A worker of the same skill grade and position type as you
…in the information sharing session, and this information is [Private Version: kept 100% private / Public Version: publicly posted on the bulletin board]…begin BDM mechanism.
Sender prompts:
As a reminder, BRAC is working with your management to provide two days of skills training for linking workers. BRAC has hired professional trainers to provide the skills training.
For workers who are not selected by the lottery to participate in the skills training, we will hold voluntary teaching sessions. In these sessions, workers who have successfully completed the skills training, passed the final test, and qualified to the completion certificate will share their knowledge with other workers in the factory.
Workers who completed the skills training will be paired with one worker who did not receive the skills training in order to share their knowledge. The session will be held during lunch break or on Fridays for approximately one hour in 3-4 weeks from now.
Let’s imagine that you ARE selected by the lottery. This means that after you complete the skills training, you will be offered to share your knowledge with another worker.
PRIVATE VERSION: “We would not post any information about your meeting. We would not announce whom you are matched with. Your decision would be kept 100% private. You would share your knowledge in a one-on-one session only attended by a member of the research team.”
PUBLIC VERSION: “We would post your meeting assignment on the bulletin board and would announce whom you are matched with on the PA system one week before the session. You would share your knowledge with another worker in a group session attended by other workers and by a member of the research team.”
Due to our limited budget, we have to figure out how much we might be able to pay you for participating in the teaching session. We would like to know what is the minimum amount you would be willing to participate in the information sharing session for. We hope you will answer as honestly as possible, because after you give us the amount you are willing to participate at, I will check on the computer what amount we will be able to offer. If your amount is at or below the amount that the computer tells me, I can pay you the amount the computer tells me. If it’s higher, then we won’t offer you the teaching session. Importantly, this amount will only affect your eligibility to participate as an instructor in the teaching session. It will NOT affect your eligibility for the skill training sessions.
Please remember that your willingness to participate in information sharing sessions will NOT affect your participation in the skill training program. If you are paired with…
• A male worker of same skill grade and position type as you
• A female worker of same skill grade and position type as you
• A worker of the same skill grade and position type as you
…in the information sharing session, and this information is [Private Version: kept 100% private / Public Version: publicly posted on the bulletin board]…begin BDM mechanism.