ERIC Number: EJ1229814
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Oct
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in the Labor Market for Child Care Teachers
Boyd-Swan, Casey; Herbst, Chris M.
Educational Researcher, v48 n7 p394-406 Oct 2019
This article examines racial and ethnic discrimination in the child care teacher hiring process. We construct a unique data set that combines a résumé audit study of center-based providers with a follow-up survey of those in the original audit sample. Fictitious résumés were randomly assigned White-, Black-, and Hispanic-sounding names and submitted in response to real teacher job advertisements. The survey was then administered to capture the characteristics of children, teachers, and administrators within the center. These data reveal three key results. First, we find robust evidence of discrimination: Black and Hispanic applicants receive significantly fewer interview requests than observationally equivalent Whites. Second, our results are consistent with a model of customer discrimination: The racial and ethnic composition of the center's customer base is correlated with the characteristics of job seekers receiving an interview. Finally, we show that states' child care regulations mitigate the racial and ethnic gap in interview requests.
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Groups, Social Discrimination, Child Caregivers, Early Childhood Teachers, Labor Market, Teacher Selection, Child Care Centers, State Regulation, Resumes (Personal), Class Size, Teacher Qualifications, Community Characteristics, Advantaged, Whites, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Job Applicants, Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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