Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245463 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9282
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to benefit more from early child care, but are substantially less likely to be enrolled. We study whether reducing behavioral barriers in the application process increases enrollment in child care for lower-SES children. In our RCT in Germany with highly subsidized child care (n > 600), treated families receive application information and personal assistance for applications. For lower-SES families, the treatment increases child care application rates by 21 pp and enrollment rates by 16 pp. Higher-SES families are not affected by the treatment. Thus, alleviating behavioral barriers closes half of the SES gap in early child care enrollment.
Subjects: 
child care
early childhood
behavioral barriers
information
educational inequality
randomized controlled trial
JEL: 
I21
J13
J18
J24
C93
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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