Tails of the Travelling Gaussian model and the relative age effect: Tales of age discrimination and wasted talent
Abstract
The Relative Age Effect (RAE) documents the inherent disadvantages of being younger rather than older in an age-banded cohort, typically a school- or competition-year, to the detriment of career-progression, earnings and wellbeing into adulthood. We develop the Tails of the Travelling Gaussian (TTG) to model the mechanisms behind RAE. TTG has notable advantages over existing approaches, which have been largely descriptive, potentially...
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Title
Tails of the Travelling Gaussian model and the relative age effect: Tales of age discrimination and wasted talent
Published Date
Apr 20, 2017
Journal
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
e0176206 - e0176206
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