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48 results for social inequality

Study measures inequality in social-economic systems using Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics.

problem Measuring inequality in oscillatory social-economic systems described by Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics.
method Used Fokker-Planck equations and Lotka-Volterra dynamics to model inequality, focusing on coefficient of variation as a measure.
result Inequality initially tends to decrease in oscillatory systems, contrary to steady-state models.

Study uses Perelman and Ricci flow methods to analyze economic inequality.

problem Impact of socio-economic challenges and technological progress on economic inequality.
method Perelman model and Ricci flow methods.
result Technological innovations and social protection programs reduce inequality.

Socio-economic inequality is measured using various indices. The Gini (gg) index, giving the overall inequality is the most commonly used, while the recently introduced Kolkata (kk) index gives a measure of 1k1-k fraction of population who possess top kk fraction of wealth in the society. This article reviews the ch…

2016-11-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Socio-economic inequalities are manifested in different aspects of our social life. We discuss various aspects, beginning with the evolutionary and historical origins, and discussing the major issues from the social and economic point of view. The subject has attracted scholars from across various disciplines, includin…

2014-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

The study applies wealth thermalization hypothesis to social networks and explains inequality.

problem Explains inequality in human society through wealth thermalization hypothesis.
method Uses Random Matrix Theory and social networks with nonlinear perturbation.
result Shows that wealth distribution follows Rayleigh-Jeans distribution, leading to inequality.

Many widely studied graphical models with latent variables lead to nontrivial constraints on the distribution of the observed variables. Inspired by the Bell inequalities in quantum mechanics, we refer to any linear inequality whose violation rules out some latent variable model as a "hidden variable test" for that mod…

2011-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows Lula's Zero Hunger program reduced income inequality in Brazil.

problem Income inequality in Brazil during Lula's administration.
method Breakpoint regression analysis using detailed descriptive statistics.
result The Zero Hunger program substantially reduced income inequality and provided income security for the poor.

Model shows how confidence feedback can lead to different crisis outcomes.

problem Characterizing the impact of economic recessions on different social strata.
method A self-reflexive DSGE model with heterogeneous households, varying parameters to analyze crisis typologies.
result Crisis propagation can be confined to high or low income households, depending on social network structure and income inequality.

The inequality of wealth distribution is a universal phenomenon in the civilized nations, and it is often imputed to the Matthew effect, that is, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Some philosophers unjustified this phenomenon and tried to put the human civilization upon the evenness of wealth. Noticing the f…

2012-10-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Study chaotic dynamics in social stratification models leading to thermalization and turbulence.

problem Understanding social stratification dynamics through chaotic nonlinear systems.
method Modeling social network links with oscillators and energies, studying Hamiltonian evolution and nonlinear interactions.
result Chaotic dynamics leads to dynamical thermalization and Kolmogorov-Zakharov turbulence, with implications for wealth inequality.

Recent work has shown that a country's productive structure constrains its level of economic growth and income inequality. Here, we compare the productive structure of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with that of China and other High-Performing Asian Economies (HPAE) to expose the increasing gap in t…

2017-01-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm improves group fairness in social classification problems by exploiting performativity.

problem Inequities in social classification problems due to performativity.
method Develops algorithmic fairness practices that leverage performativity to achieve stronger group fairness guarantees.
result Achieves stronger group fairness guarantees compared to non-performative settings.

We introduce Thurstonian Boltzmann Machines (TBM), a unified architecture that can naturally incorporate a wide range of data inputs at the same time. Our motivation rests in the Thurstonian view that many discrete data types can be considered as being generated from a subset of underlying latent continuous variables, …

2014-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles underranking in group-fair ranking systems, proving a trade-off and presenting an algorithm.

problem Underranking in group-fair ranking systems can worsen social and economic inequalities.
method Formulated underranking as a new problem, proved a lower bound, and presented a fair ranking algorithm.
result Algorithm achieves best of underranking and group fairness, confirming theoretical trade-off.

When consequential decisions are informed by algorithmic input, individuals may feel compelled to alter their behavior in order to gain a system's approval. Models of agent responsiveness, termed "strategic manipulation," analyze the interaction between a learner and agents in a world where all agents are equally able …

2018-08-27abs ↗pdf ↗

DQ4FairIM uses RL to maximize influence while ensuring fairness across all groups.

problem Fairness in influence maximization in social networks.
method Fairness-aware deep RL method using Structure2Vec network embedding.
result DQ4FairIM achieves higher fairness than fairness-agnostic and fairness-aware baselines.

Statistical evaluations of the economic mobility of a society are more difficult than measurements of the income distribution, because they require to follow the evolution of the individuals' income for at least one or two generations. In micro-to-macro theoretical models of economic exchanges based on kinetic equation…

2015-01-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New method evaluates multiple social disparities using machine learning.

problem Reduction of educational disparities across multiple dimensions.
method Triply-Robust Machine Learning Approach for Causal Decomposition Analysis.
result Simultaneous interventions across multiple domains reduce disparities.

Linear stochastic models and discretized kinetic theory are two complementary analytical techniques used for the investigation of complex systems of economic interactions. The former employ Langevin equations, with an emphasis on stock trade; the latter is based on systems of ordinary differential equations and is bett…

2016-03-08abs ↗pdf ↗

Algorithmic fairness is a field of study that addresses the systematic disadvantage of marginalized groups in machine learning systems.

problem Modern machine learning systems increasingly determine access to economic and social opportunities, leading to structural inequalities and prejudices.
method Statistical and structural approaches to algorithmic fairness.
result The field of algorithmic fairness emerged to address the systematic disadvantage of marginalized groups in machine learning systems.

We investigate the Brazilian personal income distribution using data from National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), an annual research available by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). It provides general characteristics of the country's population. Using PNAD data background we also confirm the e…

2017-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper introduces a penalized matrix estimation procedure aiming at solutions which are sparse and low-rank at the same time. Such structures arise in the context of social networks or protein interactions where underlying graphs have adjacency matrices which are block-diagonal in the appropriate basis. We introduce…

2012-06-27abs ↗pdf ↗

PHASE dataset simulates complex social interactions in physical environments.

problem Lack of datasets for evaluating physically grounded perception of complex social interactions.
method Created PHASE dataset of 2D animations with procedural generation and physics engine.
result SIMPLE model outperforms neural networks in recognizing complex social interactions.

Paper presents a machine learning method to improve significance tests for misspecified linear models.

problem Misspecification of linear assumptions in social science models leads to inaccurate significance levels.
method Apply machine learning to fit ground truth function, calculate linear approximation, and adjust the estimator.
result The method significantly outperforms linear regression for non-linear ground truth functions.

Improved neural model for social recommendation by integrating social and interest networks.

problem Data sparsity and lack of higher-order relationships in social recommendation.
method DiffNet++ models neural influence diffusion and interest diffusion in a unified framework using a multi-level attention network.
result Extensive experiments on real-world datasets show the effectiveness of DiffNet++.

Intersectional constraints improve selection outcomes by reducing inequality.

problem Persistent inequality and reduced utility in selection processes due to implicit bias.
method Introducing intersectional constraints to mitigate the adverse effects of implicit bias in selection processes.
result Intersectional constraints can recover almost all the utility achievable in the absence of implicit bias, offering a significant advantage over non-intersectional constraints.

Social media enhances or diminishes scientific status, depending on usage.

problem Impact of social media on scientific stratification and mobility.
method Logistic Attribution Analysis combining statistical and machine learning methods.
result Social media promotes stratification and mobility, but beyond a threshold, it negatively impacts status.

Consumers adjust their spending based on firms' social stances, influencing firm profits.

problem How consumer spending responds to firms' social stances.
method Using payment card transactions to predict and measure consumer responses to firms' social stances.
result Consumers' spending increases by 19% and decreases by 12% in response to firms' social stances, with effects lasting up to a year.

Social learning can make financial markets inefficient, but individual learning can fix this.

problem Inefficiencies in financial markets due to social learning.
method Study of the Minority Game model with social and individual learning mechanisms.
result Individual learning can rescue a population from the inefficiencies caused by social learning.

SINN combines social science and deep learning for predicting opinion dynamics.

problem Predicting opinion dynamics in social networks using traditional models requires extensive calibration with real data.
method SINN integrates theoretical models and social media data using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) and matrix factorization.
result SINN outperforms six baseline methods in predicting opinion dynamics on real-world and synthetic datasets.

Optimizes social interactions for profit, people, and planet using mathematical models.

problem Determining the most effective social configurations for mutual objectives.
method Formulated as a mathematical optimization problem, using (meta)relational models theory.
result Identifies the most suitable combination of sociality forms for mutual objectives.

Model predicts increased social unrest during COVID-19 using social media data.

problem Detecting rising conflict potential in societies during pandemics.
method Neural implicit motive pattern recognition from social media texts.
result Significant increase in conflict indicators during the pandemic.

Enhances traditional MV model for socially responsible investors.

problem Traditional MV models ignore ESG scores relevant to socially responsible investors.
method Implemented an amended MV model considering ESG scores.
result SR investors can achieve competitive SR portfolios with a trade-off between Sharpe Ratio and ESG scores.

The rise in online social networking has brought about a revolution in social relations. However, its effects on offline interactions and its implications for collective well-being are still not clear and are under-investigated. We study the ecology of online and offline interaction in an evolutionary game framework wh…

2016-01-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes PP-GCN for fine-grained social event categorization.

problem Challenges in mining social events due to heterogeneous event elements and social network structures.
method Design an event meta-schema, build an HIN, propose PP-GCN, and use KIES.
result PP-GCN outperforms other techniques in social event detection and clustering.

A new method for recommending groups and activities based on geo-social data.

problem Recommendation of groups and activities based on geo-social data with social constraints.
method Proposes an attentive geo-social group recommendation method with an attention mechanism and a spatial query algorithm.
result Significantly outperforms baseline methods in real-world datasets.