This article was published with two errors. The correct text follows:

• On page 692, paragraph 4, lines 1 and 2 should read: ‘In most Länder, at least one year of childcare before school is provided free of charge.’

• On page 698, line 7 should read: ‘The conditions of availability and affordability are broadly met in all three countries: participation is near universal (95% to 100%) and full- or part-time provision is often available free of charge.’

The authors apologise for these errors.

Please note:

The page numbers in the original Corrigendum represented the electronic page numbers before the article was assigned to the issue. The page numbers have now been corrected here, to display the final page numbers within the assigned issue.