The Effect of Early Childhood Education and Care Services on the Social Integration of Refugee Families

Ludovica Gambaro, Guido Neidhöfer and Katharina Spiess ()

No 1828, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Devising appropriate policy measures for the integration of refugees is high on the agenda of many governments. This paper focuses on the social integration of families seeking asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. Exploiting differences in services availability across counties as an exogenous source of variation, we evaluate the effect of early education attendance by refugee children on their parents’ integration. We find a significant and substantial positive effect, in particular on the social integration of mothers. The size of the estimate is on average around 52% and is mainly driven by improved language proficiency and employment prospects.

Keywords: asylum seekers; refugees; childcare; early education; integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I26 J13 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 p.
Date: 2019
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Working Paper: The effect of early childhood education and care services on the social integration of refugee families (2020)
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