Discrimination and Daycare Choice: Evidence from a Randomized Survey

Mongoljin Batsaikhan (), Mette Gørtz, John Kennes, Ran Sun Lyng (), Daniel Monte and Norovsambuu Tumennasan ()
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Mongoljin Batsaikhan: Georgetown University
Ran Sun Lyng: University of Toronto
Daniel Monte: Sao Paulo School of Economics

No 14874, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We use a randomized survey to study how discrimination affects parenting choices. In our survey, parents with young children choose between two public daycares, which are described by testimonials from other (fictitious) parents. The testifying parents in the first daycare describe a free play institution, which reflects a pro-typical Scandinavian 'permissive parenting' approach to childcare. The testifying parents in the second daycare describe a more structured daycare, which reflects an alternative approach to child care that is broadly consistent with 'paternalistic parenting'. We randomize the fictitious names of the testifying parents across respondents. We find bias against ethnic minorities among parents who prefer a structured child care institution but not among parents who prefer free play one. These biases are not reduced when we provide additional information on testifiers' professions. Our findings offer validation for a model of parenting where biases regarding discrimination are likely to come from parents preferring less permissive/more authoritarian methods of parenting.

Keywords: daycare choice; parenting style; survey experiment; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D15 D63 I24 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69 pages
Date: 2021-11
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Published - published online in: Journal of Human Resources , 08 January 2024

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