Add to ORKGDo good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empirical literature: plain people earn less than average-looking people who earn less than the good-looking. However, an important question remains unanswered: is the impact of beauty due to pure discrimination or productivity? We provide evidence against the hypothesis of Becker-type discrimination stemming from tastes and in favor of productivity-related discrimination
This paper focuses on the effect physical attractiveness has on an individual\u27s yearly income. Un...
We decompose the beauty premium in an experimental labor market where “employers” determine wages of...
The goal of this paper is to understand and estimate the degree to which the attractiveness of an ap...
Do good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empi...
Do good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empi...
The authors propose models with an ascriptive characteristic generating earnings differentials and c...
Even more so when pretty women work in so-called male jobs; they can be seen as violating gender nor...
Lookism, or ranking an individual based on attractiveness, is a prevalent employment prejudice. Rese...
Previous studies found individuals ’ attractiveness or beauty is positively correlated with job succ...
This thesis conducts a quantitative synthesis of 418 estimates of the effect of beauty on productivi...
Purpose Economists have widely documented the “beauty premium” and “ugliness penalty” on earnings. E...
McAfee, Alex Minicozzi, Gerald Oettinger, a referee and participants at seminars at several universi...
The present study breaks new ground in labor economic research by providing direct evidence of poten...
We design a laboratory experiment to illuminate the channels through which relatively more attractiv...
I estimate the effects of changing an ascriptive characteristic on a market outcome while keeping th...
This paper focuses on the effect physical attractiveness has on an individual\u27s yearly income. Un...
We decompose the beauty premium in an experimental labor market where “employers” determine wages of...
The goal of this paper is to understand and estimate the degree to which the attractiveness of an ap...
Do good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empi...
Do good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empi...
The authors propose models with an ascriptive characteristic generating earnings differentials and c...
Even more so when pretty women work in so-called male jobs; they can be seen as violating gender nor...
Lookism, or ranking an individual based on attractiveness, is a prevalent employment prejudice. Rese...
Previous studies found individuals ’ attractiveness or beauty is positively correlated with job succ...
This thesis conducts a quantitative synthesis of 418 estimates of the effect of beauty on productivi...
Purpose Economists have widely documented the “beauty premium” and “ugliness penalty” on earnings. E...
McAfee, Alex Minicozzi, Gerald Oettinger, a referee and participants at seminars at several universi...
The present study breaks new ground in labor economic research by providing direct evidence of poten...
We design a laboratory experiment to illuminate the channels through which relatively more attractiv...
I estimate the effects of changing an ascriptive characteristic on a market outcome while keeping th...
This paper focuses on the effect physical attractiveness has on an individual\u27s yearly income. Un...
We decompose the beauty premium in an experimental labor market where “employers” determine wages of...
The goal of this paper is to understand and estimate the degree to which the attractiveness of an ap...