Wintersemester 2011/2012
November 28th to December 2nd, 2011
Organization: Prof. Norman Braun, Ph.D. and Dipl.-Soz. Patrick Riordan
Programme and Lecture Documentation (if available)
Monday, November 29th
- Ivar Krumpal and Marc Trappmann: Social Desirability Bias in Measures of Illicit Work
- Karl-Dieter Opp: The Beneficial and Unintended Consequences of False Beliefs About Norm Compliance (PDF, 104 KB)
- Jörg Rössel: Classical Music Consumption: Application of a Wide Rational Choice Model (PDF, 92 KB)
- Axel Franzen and Sonja Pointner: Testing External Validity Using the Misdirected Letter Technique
- Johann Carstensen, Peter Kriwy and Gerhard Krug: Separating Selection from Mode Effects When Switching from Single (CATI) to Mixed Mode Design (CATI/Web) in a Health Survey
- Katrin Auspurg, Thomas Hinz and Andreas Diekmann: Research Rating by Informed Peer Review
- Sebastian Sattler, Carsten Sauer, Guido Mehlkop and Peter Graeff: How Scientists Decide Whether or Not to Take Prescription Drugs for Enhancing Cognitive Performance
Tuesday, November 29th
- Marc Keuschnigg and Tobias Wolbring: Broken Windows
- Andreas Diekmann and Wojtek Przepiorka: Social Norms and Punishment. The Sanctioning Dilemma
- Heiko Rauhut: The Wisdom of Crowds
- Ryan O. Murphy: Measuring Preferences and Beliefs to Predict Cooperative Decisions
- Dominik Hangartner: Identification of Causal Education Effects Using a Discontinuity in School Entry Exams
- Gerhard Krug: Returns to Job Search Via Social Networks. A Search Theoretic Perspective
- Michael Mäs and Jacon Dijkstra: Can Cheap Talk Fuel Intergroup Conflict? Results from Two Experiments
Wednesday, November 30th
- Joel Berger and Andreas Diekmann: The Logic of Relative Frustration. Boudon’s Sociological Theory and Empirical Evidence (PDF, 568 KB)
- Marc Höglinger (in Collaboration with Andreas Diekman and Ben Jann): Sensitive Questions Techniques in Online Surveys. An Experimental Comparison of Different Implementations
- Ben Jann and Andreas Diekmann: Double Standards in Just Earnings for Men and Women. An Explanation (PDF, 322 KB)
- Christoph Bühler: Determinants of Ideal Familiy Size and Reproductive Preferences (PDF, 226 KB)
- Maria Fleischmann: Work Withdrawal. Comparing the Impact of Work Values and Work Quality on the Intention to Switch Jobs and the Intention to Retire in the Netherlands
- Basha Vicari: Once a Baker, Always a Baker? The Effect of Structural Characteristics of Occupations on Occupational Mobility (PDF, 601 KB)
Thursday, December 1st
- Roger Berger: Islamophobia or Secularization? Discrimination of Muslim Organizations in the Area of Zurich. An Experimental Approach (PDF, 847 KB)
- Wojtek Przepiorka: Altruism and Fairness as a Signal of Trustworthiness. Experimental Evidence
- Fabian Winter: You Are Who Your Friends Are. Trust and Homophily in Natural Friendship Networks
- Andreas Tutic: A Boundedly Rational Talk
- Aline Hämmerling: Immigrants’ Cultural and Structural Integration. Former Soviet Union Immigrants in Germany and Israel
- Johannes Zschache: Learning to Reciprocate. An Agent-Based Model of Conditioned Social Exchange (PDF, 481 KB)
Poster Sessions
Tuesday, November 29th
- Thomas Hinz and Thomas Wöhler: The Art of Forecasting Soccer Results (Part II)
- Katrin Botzen: Diversity in the Municipality. Associations in the Canton of Berne
- Christiane Bozoyan: Discrimination of Overweight Children
- Benita Combet: Intergenerational Mobility in Switzerland (PDF, 418 KB)
- Katrin Drasch: What Are Prospective Returners Willing to Accept for a Job? Evidence from a Factorial Survey Among Mothers (PDF, 364 KB)
- Fabian Kratz: Spatial Mobility and Professional Success of University Graduates
- Giuseppe Pietrantuono: Effects of Citizenship. Evidence from Naturalization Decisions in Swiss Municipalities
Wednesday. November 30th
- Antje Buche and Monika Jungbauer-Gans: Diversity and Success of Organizations
- Francesco Ciari and Andreas Horni: Microsimulating Choices of Different Agent Types: Shoppers and Retailers
- Anja Gottburgsen: Intersectionality and Contextuality in Social Inequality (PDF, 96 KB)
- Christiane Gross and Peter Kriwy: Spatial Inequality and Health (PDF, 116 KB)
- Debra Hevenstone: Attitudes and the Welfare State
- Dominik Langner: Everyday Aggression. From the Street to the Escalator – Transfer of Horn-Sounding Experiments to the Domain of Pedestrians
- Nadine Meidert: Homophily and Influence. Political Opinion Formation Processes in Dynamic Social Networks (PDF, 695 KB)
- Katharina Seebaß: Vulnerability and Climate Change
Thursday, December 1st
- Felix Bader: Social Inequality and Economic Development. An International Perspective (PDF, 786 KB)
- Heidi Bruderer Enzler, Andreas Diekman and Reto Meyer: Discount Rates as Predictor for Environmentally Friendly Behavior?
- Rudolf Farys: A Model of Income Inequality
- Sascha Grehl: Situational Requirements for the Signaling Approach
- Hanno Scholtz: 3 Equilibria and 2 Waves of Innovation. An Actors’ Model of the History of Modernity, 1750-2030 (PDF, 533 KB)
- Nina Storfinger: Identification of Fraud in Survey Data
- Stefan Wehrli: Structure of Online Social Networks at Swiss Universities
- Martin Wienhold: Methodology of Frame Analysis. Attempt to Integrate the Model of Frame Selection into the Interpretative Analysis of Situational Constitution