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Author-Name: Henning Hermes
Author-X-Name-First: Henning 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hermes

Author-Name: Philipp Lergetporer
Author-X-Name-First: Philipp 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lergetporer

Author-Name: Fabian Mierisch
Author-X-Name-First: Fabian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mierisch

Author-Name: Frauke Peter
Author-X-Name-First: Frauke 
Author-X-Name-Last: Peter

Author-Name: Simon Wiederhold
Author-X-Name-First: Simon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wiederhold
Title: Discrimination on the Child Care Market: A Nationwide Field Experiment

	
Abstract: emails from fictitious parents to > 18, 000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we find that migrants receive 4.4 percentage points fewer responses. Responses to migrants also contain substantially fewer slot offers, are shorter, and less encouraging. Exploring channels, discrimination against migrants does not differ by the perceived educational background of the email sender. However, it does differ by regional characteristics, being stronger in areas with lower shares of migrants in child care, higher right-wing vote shares, and lower financial resources. Discrimination on the child care market likely perpetuates existing inequalities of opportunities for disadvantaged children.

Length:54 pages
Creation-Date:  2023-04
File-URL: http://www.bgpe.de/texte/DP/225_Hermesetal.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
File-Function: First version, 2023
Number: 225
Classification-JEL: J13, J18, J22, C93

Keywords: child care, discrimination, information provision, inequality, field experiment

Handle: RePEc:bav:wpaper:225_Hermesetal