Gender Differences in Job Applications

Last registered on June 02, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Gender Differences in Job Applications
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009661
Initial registration date
June 27, 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
June 27, 2022, 4:54 PM EDT

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

Last updated
June 02, 2024, 2:01 AM EDT

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

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Lisa Abraham
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2022-06-15
End date
2024-06-01
Keywords
Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study seeks to understand gender differences in job applications.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Abraham, Lisa. 2024. "Gender Differences in Job Applications ." AEA RCT Registry. June 02. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9661-2.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Run a survey in the RAND American Life Panel to examine gender differences in job applications.
Intervention Start Date
2022-06-15
Intervention End Date
2022-08-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
gender differences in survey questions
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Randomize aspects of the job application process and examine gender differences.
Experimental Design Details
A hypothetical job application situation is posed to respondents in the RAND American Life Panel (ALP): they are told that they see a job title they are interested in, they receive information about their qualification level relative to the listed skills in the job posting, and then they are asked about: (1) the likelihood that they will apply for the job; (2) how certain they are that they will obtain the offer; and (3) whether they have any concerns about taking the position given their qualifications. Respondents are randomized in two ways: (1) the number of qualified applications the company receives for similar positions (respondents see either “20 or more” or “100 or more”); and (2) the qualification level of the respondent relative to the listed skills in the job posting (respondents see that they either “have some of the required skills and some of the preferred skills” or that their “skills exceed all of the required skills”. (Note that these two randomizations are independent of each other.) The order of the answer choices for having any concerns about taking the position is also randomized.
Randomization Method
computer
Randomization Unit
respondent in the RAND American Life Panel
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
approximately 1500 respondents
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
750 respondents in each condition
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
RAND Human Subjects Protection Committee
IRB Approval Date
2022-06-14
IRB Approval Number
2022-N0260
Analysis Plan

Analysis Plan Documents

Pre-Analysis Plan

MD5: 77941f35ddf02366cc18065646b7d272

SHA1: 0f078a9039be046b4ffc1d015ab3291be982a366

Uploaded At: June 27, 2022

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

Study Withdrawal

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
July 22, 2022, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
July 22, 2022, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
N/A
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
2362
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
1185; 1177
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
No
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials