tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post957134547363895682..comments2023-11-24T03:33:55.979-05:00Comments on ECONJEFF: Applied theory question in re: junior job marketeconjeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15500904082539595860noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-55018437420502743422012-02-14T14:17:36.111-05:002012-02-14T14:17:36.111-05:00Hi Mike - but you are wearing a suit in your pictu...Hi Mike - but you are wearing a suit in your picture!<br /><br />I agree with Jeff - you can tell more about a person from a choice of a suit than from a choice of jeans.<br /><br />I think this points to the real reason - a department wants to know that the candidate is from the right class. Jeff certainly dresses down, but his score on the Murray test is 2 - if he had to, he would know where to buy a decent suit.David Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17243910374364993035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-22099045521020697262012-02-14T10:36:16.764-05:002012-02-14T10:36:16.764-05:00I am not sure that I buy blink's argument. The...I am not sure that I buy blink's argument. There is plenty of variation in suits, particularly for female candidates, who still face a choice of, for example, pants versus a skirt, even within the "must wear a suit" world. Even among men, there are nice suits and not so nice suits, and conditional on suit quality there are differences in comfort level and familiarity with formal dress.econjeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500904082539595860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-62280138866106467132012-02-14T08:38:16.225-05:002012-02-14T08:38:16.225-05:00Everyone wearing a suit standardizes wardrobe so t...Everyone wearing a suit standardizes wardrobe so that candidates may be evaluated on factors other than clothing. Presumably, departments do not wish clothing choices to influence their hiring decisions and so choose not to observe what the candidate would choose independently. Suits are focal in our society, but any uniform standard of dress would have the same effect.<br /><br />The same applies to the evaluation of prospective professional baseball umpires. They are instructed to give "safe", "out", and "strike" signals using stilted mechanics never used in actual games so that evaluators are not distracted by style.blinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029828823460781386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1534812907620779881.post-20615470845865830202012-02-14T08:31:36.279-05:002012-02-14T08:31:36.279-05:00Um, see Spense on signalling.
BTW, today I will ...Um, see Spense on signalling. <br /><br />BTW, today I will teach in a B-School in jeans.Michael Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041701258028777913noreply@blogger.com