Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?
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- Daniel Hamermesh, 2012. "Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: is discrimination absolute or relative?," IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 1(1), pages 1-17, December.
- Hamermesh, Daniel S., 2012. "Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?," IZA Discussion Papers 6579, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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JEL classification:
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2012-06-13 (All new papers)
- NEP-DEM-2012-06-13 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2012-06-13 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-06-13 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2012-06-13 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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