Title,Url,Last update date,Published at,First registered on,RCT_ID,DOI Number,Primary Investigator,Status,Start date,End date,Keywords,Country names,Other Primary Investigators,Jel code,Secondary IDs,Abstract,External Links,Sponsors,Partners,Intervention start date,Intervention end date,Intervention,Primary outcome end points,Primary outcome explanation,Secondary outcome end points,Secondary outcome explanation,Experimental design,Experimental design details,Randomization method,Randomization unit,Sample size number clusters,Sample size number observations,Sample size number arms,Minimum effect size,IRB,Analysis Plan Documents,Intervention completion date,Data collection completion,Data collection completion date,Number of clusters,Attrition correlated,Total number of observations,Treatment arms,Public data,Public data url,Program files,Program files url,Post trial documents csv,Relevant papers for csv "Preferences, Information, and Entry into Academic Careers",http://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3212,"August 09, 2018",2018-08-09 01:39:23 -0400,2018-08-08,AEARCTR-0003212,10.1257/rct.3212-1.0,Patrick Gaule patrickgaule@gmail.com,on_going,2017-08-15,2018-12-31,"[""education"", ""Science"", ""universities"", ""biased beliefs"", ""career preferences""]",Private,Danijela Vuletic () CERGE-EI; Ina Ganguli (iganguli@umass.edu) University of Massachusetts Amherst,"O31, J24","",Educational and career choices are based on beliefs about subsequent career outcomes but these beliefs may be incorrect. In this research we document that U.S. STEM doctoral students hold excessively optimistic beliefs about the share of students eventually becoming tenure-track faculty in research-intensive institutions. We then conduct a field experiment providing STEM doctoral students accurate information on historical placement rates to estimate whether this information impacts their preferences for different careers (academia versus industry) and their actual career choices.,"","","",2017-08-15,2017-10-31,Information about historical placement outcomes was provided to a random subset of students. A random subset was also provided with a link to career profiles of individuals with Chemistry PhDs.,"Stated preference for doing a postdoc Stated preferences for academic (faculty and postdoc), industry, teaching faculty positions. Actual career choices after completion of PhD studies ","Stated preferences for different types of postgraduation jobs – postdocs, industry, or teaching positions – are measured using both hypothetical choice methods and more standard Likert measures of preferences for different careers. These will be measured in a follow-up survey. ","Beliefs about share of students placing into tenure-track position Beliefs about one's own likelihood of getting a tenure-track position Job satisfaction Hours worked (self reported)","","We contacted close to 9000 doctoral students in U.S. chemistry departments and invited them to complete a survey on their doctoral experience and preferences for different careers. Upon completing the survey, a random subset of respondents then received a link to a website containing historical placement information. A smaller random subset also received a link to career profiles of individuals with a Chemistry PhD. We will contact the respondents from the baseline survey approximately one year later to measure outcomes. ","",Randomization using a random number generator,"Group randomization at the university level into three groups: in group one all students receive the information treatment, in group two nobody receives the information treatment, in group three a third of the students are randomized into the treatment, a third into receiving a link to a website from the American Chemical Society with career profiles of individuals with a Chemistry PhD, and a third are controls.",52 universities,1800 students in the baseline survey,"800 control, 800 treatment, 200 alternative treatment (link to a website from the American Chemical Society with career profiles of individuals with a Chemistry PhD)","","Name: University of Massachusetts Amherst Human Research Protection Office Approval_number: 2017-3997 Approval_date: 2017-08-03 ",None,,,,"",,"","",,"",,"","",""