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Project A1

Social Closure and Hierarchization: Contextual Conditions of Unequal Developmental Opportunities in Early Phases of Life

Cardona, Andrés, Dr.
Research associate Project A1
Diewald, Martin, Prof. Dr.
Head of Project A1
Eichhorn, Harald
Wiss. Mit. Teilprojekt A1
Guzy, Jakob
Wiss. Mit. Teilprojekt A1
Hille, Adrian
Research associate Project A1 (DIW Berlin)
Kaiser, Till
Research associate Project A1
Osmanowski, Magdalena
Research associate Project A1
Schupp, Jürgen, Prof. Dr.
Head of Project A1 (DIW Berlin)

This project extends research on the genesis and effects of individual heterogeneity to cover psychological characteristics and their interplay with socioeconomic characteristics. It looks at cognitive and non-cognitive competencies on the one hand, and various dimensions of cultural and social capital on the other, asking how far these overlap, how far each determines the genesis of the other, and how far each impacts upon academic success and a successful life. Do they contribute particularly strongly to the early and largely irreversible reduction of opportunities, to the accumulation of advantage and disadvantage? For the first time, two established but previously unconnected research traditions are being integrated into one research design. Although this means a certain degree of competition between them, it simultaneously creates the possibility of integrating the two bodies of existing knowledge.
The studies are conducted not only on the level of the individual life course, but also taking into consideration the contextual conditions of different family constellations, social networks and neighborhoods, and educational organizations and institutions. All these contextual levels may harbor social exclusion mechanisms. The particular significance of the family of origin for the genesis of social inequalities is taken into account by considering both the stratification features of families of origin and the increasing diversity of family structures, with the resulting hierarchization of family positions and roles. In addition, the project goes beyond differences between families to study differences in the significance of one and the same family for its various members—particularly for siblings in terms of gender, age difference, and birth order.
The project focuses on the early phases of life. Empirically, it will pay special attention to developing and implementing innovative operationalizations of life-course cohort analyses, based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and comparable panel studies in other countries, primarily the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).

Contact:

Martin Diewald (martin.diewald@uni-bielefeld.de; +49 521 106 4309)
Jürgen Schupp (jschupp@diw.de; +49 30 89789 238)

 

19 Publications

2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2718930
Measuring cultural capital: Sense of entitlement, concerted cultivation, leisure activities, gatekeeper bias and skills
Cardona A, Diewald M, Kaiser T, Osmanowski M (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 15.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2685033
Ordentliche Arbeiterkinder, konzentrierte Mittelschichtkinder?
Kaiser T, Diewald M (2014)
KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 66(2): 243-265.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2689278 PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2014 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2709145
Opening the Black Box of Primary Effects: Relative Risk Aversion and Maternal Time Investments in Preschool Children
Cardona A, Diewald M (2014) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 36.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2532418 PUB | WoS
 
2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2553939
Closing the Group or the Market? The Two Sides of Weber’s Concept of Closure and Their Relevance for the Study of Intergroup Inequality
Cardona A (2013) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 15.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2631853
How Learning a Musical Instrument Affects the Development of Skills
Hille A, Schupp J (2013) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 24.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2611594
The Programmatic Bias in the Discussion on Social Mechanisms in Sociology
Cardona A (2013) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 23.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2542195
Resource Dilution or Resource Augmentation? Number of Siblings, Birth Order, Sex of the Child and Frequency of Mother’s Activities with Preschool Children
Osmanowski M, Cardona A (2012) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 5.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2549469
Haben gebildetere Mütter gewissenhaftere Kinder? Soziale Herkunft und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im frühkindlichen Alter
Kaiser T (2012) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 8.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2517710
Bedürfnisse und Präferenzen. Kompensations- und Substitutions-Möglichkeiten dialogischer Beziehungen.
Diewald M (In Press)
In: Dialogische Beziehungen (Familie, Partnerschaft) und das Gesetz der notwendigen Vielfalt. Festschrift für Johannes Huinink. Buhr P, Feldhaus M (Eds); Ergon.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2461648
How work interferes with partnerships. Mechanisms influencing strains, conflicts, and dissolution
Diewald M, Hoherz S, Graf T, Böhm S (In Press)
In: Partnership Relations in context. Walper S, Brüderl J (Eds); Springer.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2461637
Neither conflicting nor simply complementary: How social inequality research can profit from paying attention to genetic variation
Diewald M (In Press)
In: Equal is not enough: challenging differences and inequalities in contemporary societies. Motmans J, Cuypers D, Meier P, Mortelmans D, Zanoni P (Eds); Conference Proceedings. Antwerp: Policy Resarch Centre on Equal opportunities, University of Antwerp - Hasselt University: 334-351.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2093496
Die wahrgenommene Gerechtigkeit des eigenen Erwerbseinkommens: Geschlechtstypische Muster und die Bedeutung des Haushaltskontextes
Liebig S, Sauer C, Schupp J (2011)
KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 63(1): 33-59.
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2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1796425
Zur Bedeutung genetischer Variation für die soziologische Ungleichheitsforschung
Diewald M (2010)
Zeitschrift für Soziologie 39(1): 4-21.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2522711
Ein Vierteljahrhundert Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP): Die Bedeutung der Verhaltenswissenschaft für eine sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Längsschnittstudie.
Schupp J, Wagner GG (2010)
In: Psychologie - Kultur - Gesellschaft. Mayer B, Kornadt H-J (Eds); Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: 239-272.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2521812
Analysepotenziale des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) für die empirische Bildungsforschung
Lohmann H, Spieß CK, Groh-Samberg O, Schupp J (2009)
Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft 12(2): 252-280.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2461010
The Sociology of the Life Course and Life Span Psychology. Integrated Paradigm or Complementing Pathways?
Diewald M, Mayer KU (2009)
Advances in Life Course Research 14(1-2): 5-14.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2523050 PUB