%0 Report
        %A Hamermesh, Daniel S.
        %T Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6579
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6579
        %X 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.
        %K height
%K market responses
%K discrimination
%K beauty