Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250535 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14874
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use a randomized survey to study how discrimination affects parenting choices. In our survey, parents with young children choose between two public daycares, which are described by testimonials from other (fictitious) parents. The testifying parents in the first daycare describe a free play institution, which reflects a pro-typical Scandinavian 'permissive parenting' approach to childcare. The testifying parents in the second daycare describe a more structured daycare, which reflects an alternative approach to child care that is broadly consistent with 'paternalistic parenting'. We randomize the fictitious names of the testifying parents across respondents. We find bias against ethnic minorities among parents who prefer a structured child care institution but not among parents who prefer free play one. These biases are not reduced when we provide additional information on testifiers' professions. Our findings offer validation for a model of parenting where biases regarding discrimination are likely to come from parents preferring less permissive/more authoritarian methods of parenting.
Subjects: 
discrimination
survey experiment
parenting style
daycare choice
JEL: 
D15
D63
J15
I24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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