Published in:DIW Berlin Discussion Paper ; No. 1808, 2019
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1 Online-Ressource (44 p)
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English
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In: DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1808, 2019
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 2019 erstellt
Description:
We document day care enrolment gaps by family background for children under 3 in Germany. Research demonstrates that children of less-educated or foreign-born parents benefit most from day care, making it important to understand the causes of such enrolment gaps. Using a unique data set that records both actual and preferred day care usage, we demonstrate that differences in demand cannot fully explain the enrolment gaps. Investigating supply-side factors using quasi-experimental designs, we find that reducing both parental fees and scarcity of places significantly decreases enrolment gaps by parental education but not by parental country of birth. We discuss implications