Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201388 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1808
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Child care
Early education
Inequality
Socio-economic status
Discrimination
Synthetic control
JEL: 
I24
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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