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| We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by respondents’ age and right-wing voting preferences. Randomly providing information about the actual extent of inequalities has a nuanced impact on the support for equity-enhancing policy reforms: it increases support for respondents who initially underestimated these inequalities and tends to decrease support for those who initially overestimated them. This asymmetric effect leads to a more consensual policy view substantially decreasing the polarization in policy support between under- and overestimators. Our results suggest that correcting misperceptions can align public policy preferences potentially leading to less polarized debates about how to address inequalities and discrimination. |
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