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Discrimination in universal social programs? : a nationwide field experiment on access to child care

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024 - This version: 04.03.2024

Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...

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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024

We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...

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Automation with heterogeneous agents : the effect on consumption inequality

Santini, Tommaso - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2022 - This version: November 3, 2022

In this paper, I study technological change as a candidate for the observed increase in consumption inequality in the … side. I consider two channels through which technology affects inequality: the skill that an agent can supply in the labor … consumption inequality between 1981 and 2008 in the US (ii) educational choice and the return to wealth are quantitatively …

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Discrimination on the child care market : a nationwide field experiment

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023

We provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child care. We send emails from fictitious parents to 18,000 early child care centers across Germany, asking if there is a slot available and how to apply. Randomly varying names to signal migration background, we...

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