Free childcare is intended to offset the high cost of living in Copenhagen, says mayoral candidate Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (S). However, many Copenhagen residents do not live expensively – and the initiative could push prices upward.

Experts: Free childcare will benefit many who can actually afford it – and it will increase housing prices

Free childcare would be a huge advantage for families with children, but many of them do not need it, experts assess. Foto: Mads Nissen
Free childcare would be a huge advantage for families with children, but many of them do not need it, experts assess. Foto: Mads Nissen
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If sending your children to daycare and kindergarten in Copenhagen becomes free, it will be a huge win for families with young children in the city. But this significant financial injection will also have other consequences.

Free childcare will also provide many people who don’t live particularly expensively with a substantial economic surplus. And it will put even more pressure on housing prices in Copenhagen.

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