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dc.contributor.authorHermes, Henning
dc.contributor.authorLergetporer, Philipp
dc.contributor.authorPeter, Frauke
dc.contributor.authorWiederhold, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-03T06:08:29Z
dc.date.available2021-09-03T06:08:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-01
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2772695
dc.description.abstractChildren 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.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSAM DP;16/2021
dc.subjectchild care, early childhood, behavioral barriers, information, educational inequality, randomized controlled trialen_US
dc.titleBehavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollmenten_US
dc.typeWorking paperen_US
dc.source.pagenumber67en_US
dc.relation.project262675en_US


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