Data and Code For: Males Should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Child Care

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Henning Hermes, DICE (Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics), HHU Düsseldorf; Philipp Lergetporer, Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management, Heilbronn & ifo Institute Munich; Fabian Mierisch, KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt; Frauke Peter, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) & DIW Berlin; Simon Wiederhold, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), MLU Halle-Wittenberg & ifo Institute Munich

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Project Citation:

Hermes, Henning, Lergetporer, Philipp, Mierisch, Fabian, Peter, Frauke, and Wiederhold, Simon. Data and Code For: Males Should Mail? Gender Discrimination in Access to Child Care. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-05-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E191521V1

Project Description

Summary: This study investigates discrimination against women when searching and applying for child care in a nationwide field experiment. We send emails from fictitious parents to 9,313 child care centers in Germany inquiring about access to child care. 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.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: discrimination; field experiment; child care

JEL Classification:
      C93 Field Experiments
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J18 Demographic Economics: Public Policy

Geographic Coverage: Germany

Time Period(s): 3/21/2021 – 3/24/2021 (Spring 2021)

Universe:

All child care centers in Germany with care for children ages 0-3.

Data Type(s): administrative records data; experimental data

Methodology

Sampling:

Random draw out of a commercially available dataset covering 90% of all early child care centers in Germany.

Data Source: Commercially available data from Kita.de.

Collection Mode(s): other

Scales:

Binary (yes/no response, slot offer, etc.).

Weights: No weights.

Unit(s) of Observation: Child care center

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