Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: Is discrimination absolute or relative?
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 dif... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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| Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / J71 / J78 / beauty / height / discrimination / market responses / Diskriminierung / Biologische Daten / Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung / Schätzung / USA / Niederlande |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29231609 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58961 |
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.