Microsimulation of virtual encounters: A new methodology for the analysis of socio-cultural cleavages
- University of Fribourg, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Switzerland
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as: G. P. Mueller; 2011; Microsimulation of virtual encounters: A new methodology for the analysis of socio-cultural cleavages; International Journal of Microsimulation; 4(1); 21-34.
doi: 10.34196/ijm.00043
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Figure 1
Network-matrices showing the selection of randomly matched dyads out of the universes of all possible dyads.
Id.-Nr.: Identification numbers of the members of the groups; A and B: Groups containing, respectively, N and M individuals; x: randomly selected dyads of individuals. Top-left: Matrix A × B; Top-right: Matrix B × B; Bottom-left: Matrix A × A
Figure 2
The simulation of virtual conflicts by random matching of data of i and j.
Note: i is member of group A and j is member of group B. For the definitions of conflicts Ci,j and weights Wi,j, see text.
Figure 3
A cleavage-typology based on comparisons between intra- and inter-group conflicts of natives and immigrants.
x: Level of intra-group conflict amongst the natives.
o: Level of intra-group conflict amongst the immigrants.
–: Level of the inter-group conflict between immigrants and natives.
S1: Symmetrical cleavage; A1-A4: Asymmetrical cleavages; N1-N4: Non-cleavages.
Bold typeface: Cleavages destabilizing the society of immigration;
Italic typeface: Cleavages pacifying the society of immigration.
Figure 4
Socio-cultural cleavages between Poland and Germany about work-related values.
Figure 5
Sensitivity analysis: the conflicts of Figure 4 for two alternative relevance-values of social distance, r = 0 and r = 2.
Figure 6
Conflicts about obedience, by birth-cohort of polish immigrants.
Figure 7
Conflicts about work-ethos, by birth-cohort of polish immigrants.
Figure 8
Conflicts about obedience, by socio-economic status of polish immigrants.
Figure 9
Conflicts about work-ethos, by socio-economic status of polish immigrants.
Figure 10
Ecological fallacies by the use of differences of group-means as a measure of conflict7.
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