research on self selection | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Hans Tilstra (hanstilstrarabbit.com.au) | |
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 19:53:34 -0600 (MDT) |
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0CC8.C657D260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable the discussion thread on inclusion & exclusion in cohousing reminded me = of Iannaccone's research: Source: Laurence Iannaccone (1992) "Sacrifice and Stigma: Reducing = Free-riding in Cults, Communes, and Other Collectives" Journal of = Political Economy, Volume 100, No 2.=20 Summary: Some successful groups have requirements and seemingly = inefficient prohibitions to the benefit of (perfectly rational) members. = Examples would include the Jehova's Witnesses who benefit from stigma, = self-sacrifice and bizarre behavioural restrictions as a means of = self-selection. So, this research suggests there is merit in a degree of thresholding to = achieve success in joint ventures.=20 Applied to cohousing; the difficulties in the process of bringing groups = together becomes an investment that pays off when the group is = established. Conversely, if the process is skipped (eg. a commercial = developer does all the work), the outcome may not work as well. Hans www.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0CC8.C657D260 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>the discussion thread on inclusion = &=20 exclusion in cohousing reminded me of Iannaccone's = research:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Source: Laurence Iannaccone (1992) = "<EM>Sacrifice=20 and Stigma: Reducing Free-riding in Cults, Communes, and Other = Collectives</EM>"=20 <U>Journal of Political Economy</U>, Volume 100, No 2. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Summary: Some successful groups=20 have requirements and seemingly inefficient prohibitions to the = benefit=20 of (perfectly rational) members. Examples would include the = Jehova's=20 Witnesses who benefit from stigma, self-sacrifice and bizarre=20 behavioural restrictions as a means of self-selection.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>So, this = research suggests there=20 is merit in a degree of thresholding to achieve success in joint = ventures.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Applied to cohousing; the = difficulties in the=20 process of bringing groups together becomes an investment that pays off = when the=20 group is established. Conversely, if the process is skipped (eg. a = commercial=20 developer does all the work), the outcome may not work as = well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Hans</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse">www.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse</A>= </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01BF0CC8.C657D260--
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research on self selection Hans Tilstra, October 1 1999
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