Abstract. I will discuss findings from several ongoing projects that use models in fields ranging from marketing to cognitive science to physics to explore: (1) how people evaluate and choose among potential mates on online dating sites; and (2) what the implications of those choices are for vertical and horizontal stratification in dating markets. I argue that big data have been underutilized as a source of detailed information on human behavior, and how these behaviors aggregate into larger scale social structures. In addition to its scientific merits, my talk will provide practical knowledge of men and women's major "deal-breakers," and whether and/or how leagues (i.e., "you're out of my league") operate in U.S. romantic markets. Finally, I will present some early results from my book project that tries to understand why dating experiences differ markedly across cities that vary in their size and sex ratio.
Collins Conference Room
Seminar
US Mountain Time
Speaker:
Elizabeth Bruch
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