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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · 29d

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Hidden’ Work-Family Challenges in the Global South: A Systematic Review of Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses. After registering, you will receive a...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 Don't miss our next online Family Policy seminar with the wonderful @keonhison.bsky.social on Wednesday (17th), 4:30 pm: "Hidden work-family challenges in the global south: a systematic review of causes, consequences, and policy responses."

👉More about it here: www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...

Hidden’ Work-Family Challenges in the Global South: A Systematic Review of Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses

Seminar. 17/09. 16h30-18h.

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Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com · Sep 11

This RCT by @laudine.bsky.social et al. finds that providing information and support to target cognitive and behavioural barriers eliminates early childcare application gaps for low-income and immigrant families in France. @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social
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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of administrative burden and information costs on social inequalities in early childcare access in France - Nature Human Behaviour

This RCT finds that providing information and support to target cognitive and behavioural barriers eliminates early childcare application gaps for low-income and immigrant families in France. While ap...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

Link to the open-access preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

Huge thanks to my co-authors Arthur Heim, Carlo Barone & Coralie Chevallier, our funders, and all the 30 research assistants who made this trial possible. 🙏

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

To ensure equal access, administrative simplification is thus needed. But it is not enough. Policymakers must also reform allocation systems and tackle structural inequalities.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

7/ Takeaway:
Reducing administrative burden helps families overcome application and information barriers created by the system. Administrative processes can thus themselves be stratification tools, creating a Matthew effect—only those who already have resources can access social programs.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

6/ But: applying ≠ accessing.
Despite more applications, access inequalities largely persisted. Daycare access improved mainly for high-SES families. This demonstrates that structural barriers in allocation rules still weigh heavily on immigrant and low-SES families.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

5/ Results:
Info alone: almost no effect.
✅ Info + support: boosted applications, especially among low-SES & immigrant families. When low-SES and immigrant families receive the support, it closes the application gap that exist in the control group 🚀

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

4/ We ran a large RCT with 1,849 families in the Paris region.
Two interventions:
📱 Info only (texts + short videos in FR/EN/AR)
📱+📞 personalised phone support to complete applications

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

3/ We asked: could information and administrative barriers—not just cost or availability—explain part of this gap?
Think: administrative burdens, complex procedures, lack of information, cognitive overload, or social norms discouraging applications.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

3/ We asked: could information and administrative barriers—not just cost or availability—explain part of this gap?
Think: administrative burdens, complex procedures, lack of information, cognitive overload, or social norms discouraging applications.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

2/ Why this matters:
Low-SES and immigrant families benefit the most from high-quality early childcare—yet they access it the least. In France, despite relatively abundant and affordable provision, inequalities remain striking.

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Sep 11

1/ Thrilled to share that my main PhD article has just been published in Nature Human Behaviour! 🎉

👉 “A randomised controlled trial on the effect of administrative burden and information costs on social inequalities in early childcare access in France” rdcu.be/eFAEA

A randomized controlled trial on the effect of administrative burden and information costs on social inequalities in early childcare access in France

Nature Human Behaviour - This RCT finds that providing information and support to target cognitive and behavioural barriers eliminates early childcare application gaps for low-income and immigrant...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Jul 25

Nice thing to see 😍🤩

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · May 13

📢 Research Assistant (Quant Soc/Data Science) – 4-month full-time contract
Join an interdisciplinary project @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social on reducing early childhood inequalities. 🤩
📍 Paris
🗓️ Sept–Dec 2025
💰 ~€2500/month + benefits
Apply by June 15! More details 🔽
drive.google.com/file/d/1_mQH...

Fiche de poste 2026.pdf

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Antoine Zalc @antoinezalc.bsky.social · May 5

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Apr 3

[D-5] 📢Don't forget to register both online and in person! For this session, @bpalier.bsky.social will be discussant of the wonderful Leanna Katz! 🤩

Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 11

📢Join our Family Policy Research Group on April 8th at 4:30 PM @SciencesPo and online!

Excited to welcome Leanna Katz from McGill Law to present on "The Rise of Private Equity in Childcare: A Legal Institutionalist Story of Its Causes and Responses" 🤩

Register ▶️ www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...

The Rise of Private Equity in Childcare: A Legal Institutionalist Story of Its Causes and Responses

Seminar. 8th April. 16h30 - 18h30

www.sciencespo.fr

Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 25

▶️ Check out the full OECD report: osf.io/preprints/os... www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Full Report

The early years set the foundations for children’s development and learning trajectories in life. Early inequalities can put children on divergent paths, but Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) ...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 25

▶️ Check out our new preprint (R&R, Nature Human Behaviour 🤩): osf.io/preprints/os...

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 25

Excited and proud to see my research cited multiple times in the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's new report "Reducing Inequalities by Investing in Early Childhood Education and Care", to which I also contributed! 🎉 🤩

💡This brief video explains why we should care about early childcare ⬇️

Centre for Research on social InequalitieS @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social · Mar 25

De l'intérêt d'accompagner les parents de jeunes enfants pour combattre les inégalités dès le plus jeune âge. @laudine.bsky.social explique en quelques mots sa contribution au dernier rapport de l'OCDE qui plaide pour + d'investissements dans la garde et l'éducation vimeo.com/1069351897?s...

La garde des enfants : un enjeu d'égalité et d'équité (Laudine Carbuccia)

L'OCDE a publié début 2025 un important rapport (en anglais) destiné aux acteurs politiques : "Réduire les inégalités…

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 11

📢Join our Family Policy Research Group on April 8th at 4:30 PM @SciencesPo and online!

Excited to welcome Leanna Katz from McGill Law to present on "The Rise of Private Equity in Childcare: A Legal Institutionalist Story of Its Causes and Responses" 🤩

Register ▶️ www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/eve...

The Rise of Private Equity in Childcare: A Legal Institutionalist Story of Its Causes and Responses

Seminar. 8th April. 16h30 - 18h30

www.sciencespo.fr

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Laudine Carbuccia @laudine.bsky.social · Mar 3

[REMINDER, TOMORROW] So looking forward to our new edition of our Family Policy Research Group tomorrow. We will listen to the wonderful Léa Dubreuil about her exciting research! 🤩 🥳

📅 When? March 4th, 16h30-18h
📌 Where? Participate in person or via Zoom: bit.ly/3EvGto1
Don't forget to register!

Mothers’ Preferences to Care for a Child at Home and Maternal Labor Supply

Seminar. 04/03. 16h30-18h.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jan 19

Sciences Po is hiring an Assistant Professor on Digital Inequalities. Candidates should have strong theoretical/methodological skills, and an ambitious research agenda on social stratification and inequality. www.sciencespo.fr/osc/sites/sc...

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Dr. Tiffany A. Flowers @drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social · Feb 4

This is an essential pack to follow.
go.bsky.app/44RAXUc

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