Study: Large differences in kindergarten fees

The fees for the kindergarten visit in German cities: While parents in Berlin pay nothing, you have to spend on other places of residence several Hundred euros.

Depending on your place of residence, parents must, each month, several Hundred Euro more for the day-care of their children. The range of fees in the large German cities is a study of the Institute of German economy (IW) in Cologne, between 0 and 630 Euro.

day-care in Berlin free of charge

The least numbers of parents in Berlin: Here the day-care is since this summer, is generally free of charge - regardless of how much the earn, the parents, and how long the child is cared for.

In other cities are staggered fees according to the age of the child, time of care, and annual income of the parents.

Different daycare fees: the Decisive factor is the place of residence

Duisburg to pay to access most of the

The lowest Duisburg parents in the bag, if you earn more than 90,000 euros, and their 18-month-old child every day for nine hours of care.

For the study, has evaluated the IW Köln, the fees regulations of the municipal day-care centres in all localities with more than 250,000 inhabitants, and the smaller provincial capitals. In families with different income levels, children of different ages and different support sizes were considered.

is Not taken into account the quality of day-care, so, for example, must take care of how many children a single teacher.

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