Productivity beliefs, competition entry, and gender quotas

Last registered on August 03, 2022
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Productivity beliefs, competition entry, and gender quotas
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0009768
Initial registration date
August 01, 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
August 03, 2022, 2:16 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Robert Stüber
Affiliation
New York University Abu Dhabi
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Ernesto Reuben
PI Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2022-08-01
End date
2025-08-01
Keywords
Behavior, Gender, Labor
Additional Keywords
Discrimination, gender inequality, productivity beliefs, statistical discrimination, affirmative action
JEL code(s)
C91; D9; J16; J71
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We study how productivity beliefs depend on competition entry, competition success, and gender quotas.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Reuben, Ernesto and Robert Stüber. 2022. "Productivity beliefs, competition entry, and gender quotas." AEA RCT Registry. August 03. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.9768-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The participants are randomly assigned to one of two roles ("employers" and "workers") as well as one of four treatments (Baseline-Entry, Quota Entry, Baseline-Success, and Quota-Success).
Intervention (Hidden)
We elicit employers' performance beliefs about the performance of workers who differ with respect to their competition entry decision, competition success, and gender.

The employers are randomly assigned to one of four treatments that differ w.r.t. whether (i) they state their beliefs for workers who enter the competition or not vs. won the competition or not, and (ii) the competition is with equal chances of winning vs. with a gender quota:

- Treatment Baseline-Entry: Entry decision; competition with equal chances of winning.
- Treatment Quota-Entry: Entry decision, competition with gender quota.
- Treatment Baseline-Success: Competition success; tournament with equal chances of winning.
- Treatment Quota-Success: Competition success; tournament with gender quota.

The workers are randomly assigned to one of two treatments:

- Treatment Baseline: The workers compete in a tournament in which everyone has equal changes of winning.
- Treatment Quota: The workers compete in a tournament in which there is a gender quota in place.
Intervention Start Date
2022-08-01
Intervention End Date
2022-10-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
- Employers' beliefs about the average performance of workers depending on their gender, competition entry, and competition success.
- Employers' beliefs about the share of workers entering the competition/winning the competition depending on their gender.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
- Workers' competition entry decision.
- Workers' performance.
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We study how productivity beliefs depend on competition entry, competition success, and gender quotas.
Experimental Design Details
We provide a detailed description of the experimental design in the document that contains the pre-analysis plan, which is attached to this preregistration.
Randomization Method
The randomization is done by a computer.
Randomization Unit
The randomization unit is the individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Employer experiment: 1600 individuals.
Worker experiment: 820 individuals.
Sample size: planned number of observations
Employer experiment: 1600 individuals. Worker experiment: 820 individuals.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Employer experiment:
Baseline-Entry: 500
Quota-Entry: 500
Baseline-Success: 300
Quote-Success: 300

Worker experiment:
Baseline: 410
Quota: 410
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
We provide a detailed description of the power calculation as part of the attached pre-analysis plan.
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
SSEL at NYU Abu Dhabi
IRB Approval Date
2022-06-26
IRB Approval Number
N/A
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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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