Males Should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Childcare

Henning Hermes, Philipp Lergetporer, Frauke Peter, Fabian Mierisch and Simon Wiederhold ()

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, vol. 113, 427-31

Abstract: This study investigates discrimination against women when searching and applying for childcare in a nationwide field experiment. We send emails from fictitious parents to 9,313 childcare centers in Germany inquiring about access to childcare. We randomize whether the email is sent by the child's mother or father. Our results show that women receive shorter and less positive responses than men. The probability of receiving a response does not differ by gender, highlighting the importance of going beyond response rates to detect discrimination. We provide suggestive evidence that regional differences in gender discrimination are related to gender norms.

JEL-codes: C93 J13 J16 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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