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Do schools discriminate against children with disabilities? A field experiment in Sweden

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  • Ali Ahmed
  • Mats Hammarstedt
  • Karl Karlsson

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This article presents the results of a field experiment in which fictitious parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) sent inquiries to schools in Sweden about admission of their children to the mandatory preschool class. Results show that inquiries concerning a child with no medical condition were more likely to receive an invitation for a visit and more likely to receive a promising placement response than inquiries concerning a child with ADHD and T1DM. Discrimination was more prominent in the private sector and when the child was a boy or had ADHD.

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  • Ali Ahmed & Mats Hammarstedt & Karl Karlsson, 2021. "Do schools discriminate against children with disabilities? A field experiment in Sweden," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 3-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:edecon:v:29:y:2021:i:1:p:3-16
    DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2020.1855417
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    1. V. B. Salas García & José María Rentería, 2024. "Students with special educational needs in regular classrooms and their peer effects on learning achievement," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Cantet, Natalia & Feld, Brian & Hernández, Mónica, 2023. "Is there discrimination against children of same-sex households? Evidence from an experimental study in Colombia," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12698, Inter-American Development Bank.
    3. Luis Diaz-Serrano & Sabine Flamand, 2023. "Attitudes towards single parents’ children in private and state-dependent private schools: experimental evidence," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 14(2), pages 223-242, June.
    4. Ahmed, Ali & Hammarstedt, Mats, 2023. "Type 1 Diabetes and Youth Sports in Sweden: A Field Experiment on Discrimination," Working Paper Series 1480, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.

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