Attitudes towards single parents’ children in private and state-dependent private schools: experimental evidence

  1. Luis Diaz-Serrano
  2. Sabine Flamand
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SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association

ISSN: 1869-4195

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 14

Issue: 2

Pages: 223-242

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1007/S13209-023-00281-3 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Single parenthood is on the rise worldwide. While acceptance of single-parent households is increasing, some authors point out that single-parent families still suffer from negative societal attitudes compared to heterosexual two-parent families, while also being among the most vulnerable groups of society. Motivated by these findings, we study whether private and state-dependent private schools in Catalonia (Spain) are more reluctant to interact with single parents than with heterosexual couples. We conduct a field experiment during the children’s pre-registration period. We create three types of fictitious families (heterosexual couple, single mother, and single father) and send e-mails to schools in which the family structure is made explicit. Our results indicate that schools are more prone to interact with single parents than with heterosexual couples

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