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Field
Intervention (Hidden)
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Before
In the survey, participants will view scenarios that involve an increase in income, but require a move, of about 100 miles. They will see a scenario like the following:
"Suppose you are offered an opportunity with the following characteristics:
-Your household income increases by 20%.
-Some of your family and current friends live nearby.
-This opportunity is about 100 miles away, but in the neighboring state. Because of the distance, commuting does not make sense so you must move.
Imagine you could have an exact copy of your current house and you would earn your income in a similar way as it is earned now. Suppose that the locations are otherwise identical in all other aspects to your current location, including the cost of housing.
What is the percent chance you would choose to move to this neighborhood?"
There will be three types of intervention. I will intervene by randomly assigning participants to a scenario that does/does not include a move across state lines. I will also intervene by randomly assigning participants to a scenario that does/does not include family and friends nearby. I will also intervene by randomly varying the size of the income increase between 10%, 20%, and 50%.
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After
In the survey, participants will view scenarios that involve an increase in income, but require a move, of about 100 miles. They will see a scenario like the following:
"Suppose you are offered an opportunity with the following characteristics:
-Your household income increases by 20%.
-This opportunity is about 100 miles away, but in the neighboring state. Because of the distance, commuting does not make sense so you must move.
-None of your family and current friends live nearby.
Imagine you could have an exact copy of your current house and you would earn your income in a similar way as it is earned now. Suppose that the locations are otherwise identical in all other aspects to your current location, including the cost of housing.
What is the percent chance you would choose to move to this neighborhood?"
There will be three types of intervention. I will intervene by randomly assigning participants to a scenario that does/does not include a move across state lines. I will also intervene by randomly assigning participants to a scenario that explicitly does not include family and friends nearby. I will also intervene by randomly varying the size of the income increase between 10%, 20%, and 50%.
I will then show everyone the same scenario, but reverse the cross-state border treatment. This will let me look at the role of state borders within person.
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