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| Title: | | Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: Is discrimination absolute or relative?  |
| Authors: | | Hamermesh, Daniel S. |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6579 |
| Abstract: | | Using several microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, and the examples of height and beauty, this study examines whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic are what affect labor-market and other outcomes; and 2) The effects of a characteristic change when all agents acquire more of it - become taller or better-looking. Confronted with a choice among individuals, decision-makers respond more to absolute than to relative differences among them. Also, an increase in the mean of a characteristic's distribution does not alter market responses to differences in it. |
| Subjects: | | beauty height discrimination market responses |
| JEL: | | J71 J78 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201301214322 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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