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100	1		_aHamermesh, Daniel S. _912302
245	1	0	_aTall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: _bIs Discrimination Absolute or Relative? / _cDaniel S. Hamermesh.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w18123
500			_aJune 2012.
520	3		_aUsing 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.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aJ71 - Discrimination _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ78 - Public Policy _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w18123.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w18123
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w18123
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