Ben Jann
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 286941 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ben Jann |
| PRENOMES | Ben |
| SOBRENOME | Jann |
| ASSINATURA | BEN JANN |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9855-1967 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 230 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2000 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Explained Variance in Two-Level Models
The proportion of explained variance is well defined in linear models, but Snijders and Bosker demonstrated that this concept is ill defined in linear multilevel models. Whenever a researcher adds a level 1 predictor to the model, the level 2 variance may increase because the level 2 variance also depends on the level 1 variance. This problem is more pronounced when there are few observations per cluster. The authors present a solution that allow…
Income Inequality Considering the Cost of Living. An Admin-Data Approach Studying the Swiss Case
Cost of living is an important aspect of economic well-being, which is often neglected in inequality studies. Based on a Gini decomposition using admin data, this study estimates the relevance of minimum and average cost of living in Switzerland in relation to inequality and highlights the significance of direct taxes, everyday goods, housing, and health care premiums. Cost of living significantly increases disposable income inequality. Regional …
Introduction to the Special Issue
Up to the end of the 1990s, the scientific and political representation of the Swiss education and transition system’s functioning and underlying mechanisms had been at best fragmentary, largely relying on patchy, mostly cross-sectional data that hardly lent themselves to even adequately describe the system as a whole – let alone providing explanations as to the how and why of its functioning. The launch of TREE was one of the initiatives marking…
Marginal Odds Ratios
As sociologists are increasingly turning away from using odds ratios, reporting average marginal effects is becoming more popular. We aim to restore the use of odds ratios in sociological research by introducing marginal odds ratios. Unlike conventional odds ratios, marginal odds ratios are not affected by omitted covariates in arbitrary ways. Marginal odds ratios thus behave like average marginal effects but retain the relative effect interpreta…
Experiments in the Sociology of Education – Promises and Experiences
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Lohngerechtigkeit und Geschlechternormen
Der geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschied hat sich in der Schweiz ebenso wie in Deutschland in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zwar leicht verringert, die Lücke ist aber immer noch beträchtlich und lässt sich nur zum Teil durch produktivitätsrelevante Faktoren erklären. Um zu untersuchen, ob sich ein entsprechender „gender wage gap“ auch darin wiederfindet, welche Löhne als gerecht angesehen werden, haben wir im Rahmen von Schweizer Bevölkerungsumf…
Warum werden Frauen so selten Mint-Fachkräfte? Zur Bedeutung der Differenz zwischen mathematischen Kompetenzen und Selbstkonzept
Um den Fachkräftemangel im MINT-Bereich zu bekämpfen, bemühen sich Bund und Kantone, auf allen Bildungsstufen Interesse an Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und Technik zu wecken. Unter anderem soll dabei geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden hinsichtlich der Lehrstellen- bzw. Fächerwahl entgegengewirkt werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag setzt hier an und analysiert anhand der Daten der «ÜGK 2016», wie viele Jugendliche am Ende der obligat…
Educational Expansion and Homogamy. An Analysis of the Consequences of Educational Upgrading for Assortative Mating in Switzerland
We analyze the changing relationship between education and assortative mating over the course of educational expansion in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000. The overall rate of educationally homogamous partnerships has remained rather stable, while partnerlessness increased and became less educationally selective. An analysis taking the opportunity structure into account reveals that the inclination toward educationally homogamous partnerships is…
Educational Expansion, Family Interactions, and the Open Society
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Social dilemmas, institutions, and the evolution of cooperation
The question of how cooperation and social order can evolve from a Hobbesian state of nature of a “war of all against all” has always been at the core of social scientific inquiry. Social dilemmas are the main analytical paradigm used by social scientists to explain competition, cooperation, and conflict in human groups. The formal analysis of social dilemmas allows for identifying the conditions under which cooperation evolves or unravels. This …
Plotting Regression Coefficients and other Estimates
Graphical display of regression results has become increasingly popular in presentations and in scientific literature because graphs are often much easier to read than tables. Such plots can be produced in Stata by the marginsplot command (see [R] marginsplot). However, while marginsplot is versatile and flexible, it has two major limitations: it can only process results left behind by margins (see [R] margins), and it can handle only one set of …
Improving Survey Methods
Invited talks were given by Jelke Bethlehem (Statistics Netherlands), Don Dillman (Washington State University), and Peter Lynn (University of Essex). The second conference entitled “Advancing Survey Methods” was held two years later in
Reputation Formation and the Evolution of Cooperation in Anonymous Online Markets
Theoretical propositions stressing the importance of trust, reciprocity, and reputation for cooperation in social exchange relations are deeply rooted in classical sociological thought. Today's online markets provide a unique opportunity to test these theories using unobtrusive data. Our study investigates the mechanisms promoting cooperation in an online-auction market where most transactions can be conceived as one-time-only exchanges. We first…
Wie fremdenfeindlich ist die Schweiz
SozW Soziale Welt , Seite 185 - 199
Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults
There is an urgent need for data and methodologies that can identify how social, biological and other factors separately contribute to the health decrements facing men and women as they age. This study highlights the need for action to address social structures and institutional practices that impact unfairly on the health of older men and women
Asking Sensitive Questions Using the Crosswise Model
Yu, Tian, and Tang (2008) proposed two new techniques for asking questions on sensitive topics in population surveys: the triangular model (TM) and the crosswise model (CM). The two models can be used as alternatives to the well-known randomized response technique (RRT) and are meant to overcome some of the drawbacks of the RRT. Although Yu, Tian, and Tang provide a promising theoretical analysis of the proposed models, they did not test them. We…
Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Observational Data
Individuals differ not only in their background characteristics but also in how they respond to a particular treatment, intervention, or stimulation. In particular, treatment effects may vary systematically by the propensity for treatment. In this paper, we discuss a practical approach to studying heterogeneous treatment effects as a function of the treatment propensity, under the same assumption commonly underlying regression analysis: ignorabil…
Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys
Gaining valid answers to so-called sensitive questions is an age-old problem in survey research. Various techniques have been developed to guarantee anonymity and minimize the respondent’s feelings of jeopardy. Two such techniques are the randomized response technique (RRT) and the unmatched count technique (UCT). In this study the authors evaluate the effectiveness of different implementations of the RRT (using a forced-response design) in a com…
The Blinder–Oaxaca Decomposition for Linear Regression Models
The counterfactual decomposition technique popularized by Blinder (1973, Journal of Human Resources, 436–455) and Oaxaca (1973, International Economic Review, 693–709) is widely used to study mean outcome differences between groups. For example, the technique is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. This article summarizes the technique and addresses several complications, such as the identification of effects of categorical predictors …
Erwerbsarbeit, Einkommen und Geschlecht
Das Buch umfasst eine Reihe von empirischen Studien zum Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt, wobei ein besonderes Augenmerk auf Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern gerichtet wird. Gegenstand der Betrachtungen sind beispielsweise die strukturellen Entwicklungen der Arbeitsformen und die These der Erosion der Normalarbeit oder die Work-Effort-These aus der Humankapitaltheorie. Die Nachzeichnung und Erklärung der Entwicklung der Lohndiskrepanzen zwischen Fr…
Erwerbsarbeit, Einkommen und Geschlecht
Comment on Wu and Xie, ASR, June 2003
Halbe Kraft voraus? Arbeitseinsatz, berufliche Segregation und Löhne von Frauen auf dem Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt
Soziale Welt is one of the important journals within German sociology and is even read in foreign countries. It includes empirical and theoretical contributions from all areas of the subject and tries to portray the development of sociology and to give a new impetus. In addition to the quarterly published issues, there are special issues with a unified theme
Old-Boy Network. Militärdienst und ziviler Berufserfolg in der Schweiz / Old-Boy Network. Military Service and Professional Success in Civilian Life in Switzerland
Eine zumindest bis vor kurzem in der Schweiz noch populäre Ansicht lautet, dass eine Karriere in der Armee den beruflichen Erfolg im zivilen Leben stark befördert. Obwohl militärische und berufliche Karriere als Besonderheit des schweizerischen Milizsystems im biografischen Verlauf miteinander verschränkt sind, bleibt aber der tatsächliche Einfluss der militärischen Karriere auf den Berufserfolg empirisch noch nachzuweisen. Zudem ist auch die Fra…
Familienpolitik und Familienstrukturen“ Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Bevölkerungswissenschaft und der Johann-Peter-Süßmilch-Gesellschaft für Demographie 21.–23.06.2001, Zitad…
Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Observational Data
Individuals differ not only in their background characteristics but also in how they respond to a particular treatment, intervention, or stimulation. In particular, treatment effects may vary systematically by the propensity for treatment. In this paper, we discuss a practical approach to studying heterogeneous treatment effects as a function of the treatment propensity, under the same assumption commonly underlying regression analysis: ignorabil…
Reputation Formation and the Evolution of Cooperation in Anonymous Online Markets
Theoretical propositions stressing the importance of trust, reciprocity, and reputation for cooperation in social exchange relations are deeply rooted in classical sociological thought. Today's online markets provide a unique opportunity to test these theories using unobtrusive data. Our study investigates the mechanisms promoting cooperation in an online-auction market where most transactions can be conceived as one-time-only exchanges. We first…
Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys
Gaining valid answers to so-called sensitive questions is an age-old problem in survey research. Various techniques have been developed to guarantee anonymity and minimize the respondent’s feelings of jeopardy. Two such techniques are the randomized response technique (RRT) and the unmatched count technique (UCT). In this study the authors evaluate the effectiveness of different implementations of the RRT (using a forced-response design) in a com…
Asking Sensitive Questions Using the Crosswise Model
Yu, Tian, and Tang (2008) proposed two new techniques for asking questions on sensitive topics in population surveys: the triangular model (TM) and the crosswise model (CM). The two models can be used as alternatives to the well-known randomized response technique (RRT) and are meant to overcome some of the drawbacks of the RRT. Although Yu, Tian, and Tang provide a promising theoretical analysis of the proposed models, they did not test them. We…
Old-Boy Network. Militärdienst und ziviler Berufserfolg in der Schweiz / Old-Boy Network. Military Service and Professional Success in Civilian Life in Switzerland
Eine zumindest bis vor kurzem in der Schweiz noch populäre Ansicht lautet, dass eine Karriere in der Armee den beruflichen Erfolg im zivilen Leben stark befördert. Obwohl militärische und berufliche Karriere als Besonderheit des schweizerischen Milizsystems im biografischen Verlauf miteinander verschränkt sind, bleibt aber der tatsächliche Einfluss der militärischen Karriere auf den Berufserfolg empirisch noch nachzuweisen. Zudem ist auch die Fra…
Wie fremdenfeindlich ist die Schweiz
SozW Soziale Welt , Seite 185 - 199
Marginal Odds Ratios
As sociologists are increasingly turning away from using odds ratios, reporting average marginal effects is becoming more popular. We aim to restore the use of odds ratios in sociological research by introducing marginal odds ratios. Unlike conventional odds ratios, marginal odds ratios are not affected by omitted covariates in arbitrary ways. Marginal odds ratios thus behave like average marginal effects but retain the relative effect interpreta…
Halbe Kraft voraus? Arbeitseinsatz, berufliche Segregation und Löhne von Frauen auf dem Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt
Soziale Welt is one of the important journals within German sociology and is even read in foreign countries. It includes empirical and theoretical contributions from all areas of the subject and tries to portray the development of sociology and to give a new impetus. In addition to the quarterly published issues, there are special issues with a unified theme
Lohngerechtigkeit und Geschlechternormen
Der geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschied hat sich in der Schweiz ebenso wie in Deutschland in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zwar leicht verringert, die Lücke ist aber immer noch beträchtlich und lässt sich nur zum Teil durch produktivitätsrelevante Faktoren erklären. Um zu untersuchen, ob sich ein entsprechender „gender wage gap“ auch darin wiederfindet, welche Löhne als gerecht angesehen werden, haben wir im Rahmen von Schweizer Bevölkerungsumf…
Familienpolitik und Familienstrukturen“ Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Bevölkerungswissenschaft und der Johann-Peter-Süßmilch-Gesellschaft für Demographie 21.–23.06.2001, Zitad…
Old-Boy Network. Militärdienst und ziviler Berufserfolg in der Schweiz / Old-Boy Network. Military Service and Professional Success in Civilian Life in Switzerland
Eine zumindest bis vor kurzem in der Schweiz noch populäre Ansicht lautet, dass eine Karriere in der Armee den beruflichen Erfolg im zivilen Leben stark befördert. Obwohl militärische und berufliche Karriere als Besonderheit des schweizerischen Milizsystems im biografischen Verlauf miteinander verschränkt sind, bleibt aber der tatsächliche Einfluss der militärischen Karriere auf den Berufserfolg empirisch noch nachzuweisen. Zudem ist auch die Fra…
Halbe Kraft voraus? Arbeitseinsatz, berufliche Segregation und Löhne von Frauen auf dem Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt
Soziale Welt is one of the important journals within German sociology and is even read in foreign countries. It includes empirical and theoretical contributions from all areas of the subject and tries to portray the development of sociology and to give a new impetus. In addition to the quarterly published issues, there are special issues with a unified theme
Comment on Wu and Xie, ASR, June 2003
The Blinder–Oaxaca Decomposition for Linear Regression Models
The counterfactual decomposition technique popularized by Blinder (1973, Journal of Human Resources, 436–455) and Oaxaca (1973, International Economic Review, 693–709) is widely used to study mean outcome differences between groups. For example, the technique is often used to analyze wage gaps by sex or race. This article summarizes the technique and addresses several complications, such as the identification of effects of categorical predictors …
Erwerbsarbeit, Einkommen und Geschlecht
Das Buch umfasst eine Reihe von empirischen Studien zum Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt, wobei ein besonderes Augenmerk auf Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern gerichtet wird. Gegenstand der Betrachtungen sind beispielsweise die strukturellen Entwicklungen der Arbeitsformen und die These der Erosion der Normalarbeit oder die Work-Effort-These aus der Humankapitaltheorie. Die Nachzeichnung und Erklärung der Entwicklung der Lohndiskrepanzen zwischen Fr…
Erwerbsarbeit, Einkommen und Geschlecht
Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys
Gaining valid answers to so-called sensitive questions is an age-old problem in survey research. Various techniques have been developed to guarantee anonymity and minimize the respondent’s feelings of jeopardy. Two such techniques are the randomized response technique (RRT) and the unmatched count technique (UCT). In this study the authors evaluate the effectiveness of different implementations of the RRT (using a forced-response design) in a com…
Social determinants of sex differences in disability among older adults
There is an urgent need for data and methodologies that can identify how social, biological and other factors separately contribute to the health decrements facing men and women as they age. This study highlights the need for action to address social structures and institutional practices that impact unfairly on the health of older men and women
Asking Sensitive Questions Using the Crosswise Model
Yu, Tian, and Tang (2008) proposed two new techniques for asking questions on sensitive topics in population surveys: the triangular model (TM) and the crosswise model (CM). The two models can be used as alternatives to the well-known randomized response technique (RRT) and are meant to overcome some of the drawbacks of the RRT. Although Yu, Tian, and Tang provide a promising theoretical analysis of the proposed models, they did not test them. We…
Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Observational Data
Individuals differ not only in their background characteristics but also in how they respond to a particular treatment, intervention, or stimulation. In particular, treatment effects may vary systematically by the propensity for treatment. In this paper, we discuss a practical approach to studying heterogeneous treatment effects as a function of the treatment propensity, under the same assumption commonly underlying regression analysis: ignorabil…
Plotting Regression Coefficients and other Estimates
Graphical display of regression results has become increasingly popular in presentations and in scientific literature because graphs are often much easier to read than tables. Such plots can be produced in Stata by the marginsplot command (see [R] marginsplot). However, while marginsplot is versatile and flexible, it has two major limitations: it can only process results left behind by margins (see [R] margins), and it can handle only one set of …
Improving Survey Methods
Invited talks were given by Jelke Bethlehem (Statistics Netherlands), Don Dillman (Washington State University), and Peter Lynn (University of Essex). The second conference entitled “Advancing Survey Methods” was held two years later in
Reputation Formation and the Evolution of Cooperation in Anonymous Online Markets
Theoretical propositions stressing the importance of trust, reciprocity, and reputation for cooperation in social exchange relations are deeply rooted in classical sociological thought. Today's online markets provide a unique opportunity to test these theories using unobtrusive data. Our study investigates the mechanisms promoting cooperation in an online-auction market where most transactions can be conceived as one-time-only exchanges. We first…
Wie fremdenfeindlich ist die Schweiz
SozW Soziale Welt , Seite 185 - 199
Educational Expansion and Homogamy. An Analysis of the Consequences of Educational Upgrading for Assortative Mating in Switzerland
We analyze the changing relationship between education and assortative mating over the course of educational expansion in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000. The overall rate of educationally homogamous partnerships has remained rather stable, while partnerlessness increased and became less educationally selective. An analysis taking the opportunity structure into account reveals that the inclination toward educationally homogamous partnerships is…
Educational Expansion, Family Interactions, and the Open Society
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Social dilemmas, institutions, and the evolution of cooperation
The question of how cooperation and social order can evolve from a Hobbesian state of nature of a “war of all against all” has always been at the core of social scientific inquiry. Social dilemmas are the main analytical paradigm used by social scientists to explain competition, cooperation, and conflict in human groups. The formal analysis of social dilemmas allows for identifying the conditions under which cooperation evolves or unravels. This …
Warum werden Frauen so selten Mint-Fachkräfte? Zur Bedeutung der Differenz zwischen mathematischen Kompetenzen und Selbstkonzept
Um den Fachkräftemangel im MINT-Bereich zu bekämpfen, bemühen sich Bund und Kantone, auf allen Bildungsstufen Interesse an Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und Technik zu wecken. Unter anderem soll dabei geschlechtsspezifischen Unterschieden hinsichtlich der Lehrstellen- bzw. Fächerwahl entgegengewirkt werden. Der vorliegende Beitrag setzt hier an und analysiert anhand der Daten der «ÜGK 2016», wie viele Jugendliche am Ende der obligat…
Lohngerechtigkeit und Geschlechternormen
Der geschlechtsspezifische Lohnunterschied hat sich in der Schweiz ebenso wie in Deutschland in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten zwar leicht verringert, die Lücke ist aber immer noch beträchtlich und lässt sich nur zum Teil durch produktivitätsrelevante Faktoren erklären. Um zu untersuchen, ob sich ein entsprechender „gender wage gap“ auch darin wiederfindet, welche Löhne als gerecht angesehen werden, haben wir im Rahmen von Schweizer Bevölkerungsumf…
Experiments in the Sociology of Education – Promises and Experiences
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Introduction to the Special Issue
Up to the end of the 1990s, the scientific and political representation of the Swiss education and transition system’s functioning and underlying mechanisms had been at best fragmentary, largely relying on patchy, mostly cross-sectional data that hardly lent themselves to even adequately describe the system as a whole – let alone providing explanations as to the how and why of its functioning. The launch of TREE was one of the initiatives marking…
Marginal Odds Ratios
As sociologists are increasingly turning away from using odds ratios, reporting average marginal effects is becoming more popular. We aim to restore the use of odds ratios in sociological research by introducing marginal odds ratios. Unlike conventional odds ratios, marginal odds ratios are not affected by omitted covariates in arbitrary ways. Marginal odds ratios thus behave like average marginal effects but retain the relative effect interpreta…
Income Inequality Considering the Cost of Living. An Admin-Data Approach Studying the Swiss Case
Cost of living is an important aspect of economic well-being, which is often neglected in inequality studies. Based on a Gini decomposition using admin data, this study estimates the relevance of minimum and average cost of living in Switzerland in relation to inequality and highlights the significance of direct taxes, everyday goods, housing, and health care premiums. Cost of living significantly increases disposable income inequality. Regional …
Explained Variance in Two-Level Models
The proportion of explained variance is well defined in linear models, but Snijders and Bosker demonstrated that this concept is ill defined in linear multilevel models. Whenever a researcher adds a level 1 predictor to the model, the level 2 variance may increase because the level 2 variance also depends on the level 1 variance. This problem is more pronounced when there are few observations per cluster. The authors present a solution that allow…
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