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2012
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IZA Discussion Papers No. 6579
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
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.
Schlagwörter: 
beauty
height
discrimination
market responses
JEL: 
J71
J78
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