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  <title>EconStor Community: School of Economics and Management, University of Hannover</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/151" />
  <subtitle>School of Economics and Management, University of Hannover</subtitle>
  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/151</id>
  <updated>2026-05-09T04:53:55Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-05-09T04:53:55Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>The rise of person-centered care: Effects of single-room nursing home quotas on long-term care</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/308783" />
    <author>
      <name>Herr, Annika</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Lückemann, Maximilian</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Reichert, Arndt R.</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/308783</id>
    <updated>2025-01-21T02:02:05Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: The rise of person-centered care: Effects of single-room nursing home quotas on long-term care
Authors: Herr, Annika; Lückemann, Maximilian; Reichert, Arndt R.
Abstract: This study examines the implications of the rising person-centered care model on the long-term care market, specifically focusing on the promotion of higher single-room occupancy in nursing homes. We exploit the staggered implementation of a state-level policy that requires nursing homes to meet singleroom quotas, forcing many long-term care providers to convert multiresident rooms into singleoccupancy rooms. Our difference-in-differences analyses are based on data from the German Care Statistics covering the period between 2007 and 2019. These data offer detailed insights into the universe of individuals needing care, their specific care arrangements, and all nursing home facilities in the country. Our results indicate that the policy significantly decreases the likelihood of individuals in severe need of care securing a bed in a nursing home. The likelihood of individuals receiving professional home health care remains unchanged by the policy. We observe, however, a notable increase in the proportion of people in severe need of care in informal home care. The policy generates substantial direct net fiscal gains for long-term care insurance and local communities. These likely exceed potential indirect fiscal costs that may arise, for instance, due to reduced income tax revenues for federal and national governments resulting from lower labor supply among informal caregivers.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Effects of written self-promotion on gender bias and decision quality</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318500" />
    <author>
      <name>Römer, Nathalie</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Schröder, Marina</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318500</id>
    <updated>2025-06-03T04:17:19Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Effects of written self-promotion on gender bias and decision quality
Authors: Römer, Nathalie; Schröder, Marina
Abstract: Written self-promotion is crucial in numerous decision-making scenarios, including job applications, securing funds for start-ups, or academic grant proposals. In two experiments, we study the effects of written self-promotion on decision quality and gender bias. We show that, if anything, written self-promotion slightly improves decision quality. Concerning gender bias, we find that self-promotion does not induce a gender bias that harms women. While women in our sample face adverse effects of written self-promotion due to lower performance beliefs, they can compensate for this disadvantage by applying a more modest writing style and by providing more informative written self-promotion. Finally, we show that the provision of self-promotion can mitigate pre-existing gender biases.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Matrilineal kinship norms and gender gaps in labor market outcomes</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318525" />
    <author>
      <name>Reichert, Arndt R.</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Simon, Anne</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Sowa, Alina</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Strupat, Christoph</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318525</id>
    <updated>2025-06-03T04:17:00Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Matrilineal kinship norms and gender gaps in labor market outcomes
Authors: Reichert, Arndt R.; Simon, Anne; Sowa, Alina; Strupat, Christoph
Abstract: In this study, we investigate the role of matrilineal kinship norms for gender gaps in labor market outcomes. We analyze the implementation of a reform that significantly altered the customary inheritance system by restricting practices within matrilineal ethnic groups, while those of non-matrilineal groups remained unchanged. As a result, men in matrilineal groups are now more likely to inherit from their fathers rather than their maternal uncles, fundamentally reshaping traditional kinship norms. Using cross-sectional survey data over multiple years in a difference-indifferences framework, we find that restricting these norms substantially increases the gender gap in adult labor hours and child labor. These effects are concentrated in land-owning households, with particularly strong impacts on agricultural labor. In contrast, although the reform leads to significantly reduced transfers to women - indicating weakened ties to their extended families - we find no evidence of tighter household budget constraints or declines in female bargaining power. This suggests that the observed labor effects are not driven by reduced support from the matrikin. Instead, the findings point to a mechanism in which improved prospects for male land inheritance increase men's incentives to engage in agricultural work by raising the returns to their labor.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Peer effects in macroeconomic expectations</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318526" />
    <author>
      <name>Dräger, Lena</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Gründler, Klaus</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Potrafkec, Niklas</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/318526</id>
    <updated>2025-06-03T04:17:22Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Peer effects in macroeconomic expectations
Authors: Dräger, Lena; Gründler, Klaus; Potrafkec, Niklas
Abstract: Social interactions affect individual behavior in a variety of ways, but their effects on expectation formation are less well understood. We design a large-scale global survey experiment among renowned experts working in 135 countries to study whether peer effects impact expectations about the macroeconomy. The global setting allows us to exploit rich cross-national variation in macroeconomic fundamentals. Our experiment uncovers sizable effects of peers and shows that peer information also shifts monetary policy recommendations of experts. The results have important implications for the design of policies and models of information acquisition.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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