@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6579,
            	author={Hamermesh, Daniel S.},
            	title={Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?},
            	year={2012},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={6579},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6579},
	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.},
	keywords={height;market responses;discrimination;beauty},
            }