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Beauty and the Labor Market.
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- Biddle, Jeff E (Author)
- Hamermesh, Daniel S (Author)
Title
Beauty and the Labor Market.
Abstract
The authors examine the impact of looks on earnings using interviewers' ratings of respondents' physical appearance. Plain people earn less than average-looking people, who earn less than the good-looking. The plainness penalty is 5 to 10 percent, slightly larger than the beauty premium. Effects for men are at least as great as for women. Unattractive women have lower labor-force participation rates and marry men with less human capital. Better-looking people sort into occupations where beauty may be more productive but the impact of individuals' looks is mostly independent of occupation, suggesting the existence of pure employer discrimination. Copyright 1994 by American Economic Association.
Publication
American Economic Review
Volume
84
Issue
5
Pages
1174-94
Date
1994-12
Citation
Biddle, J. E., & Hamermesh, D. S. (1994). Beauty and the Labor Market. American Economic Review, 84, 1174–1194.
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