Christy and Claudia Are Aspiring Models

question 479

Multiple Choice

Christy and Claudia are aspiring models. Talent scouts consider them to be similarly beautiful. Both enter a talent show. Claudia contracts food poisoning the night before the competition and withdraws. Christy wins the competition and signs a multi-million dollar contract. The differences in their earnings likely reflect

• A)discrimination.
• B)differences in human capital.
• C)differences in signaling.
• D)chance.

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