Citation
Kanazawa, Satoshi & Still, Mary C. (2018). Is there really a beauty premium or an ugliness penalty on earnings?. Journal of Business and Psychology. vol. 33 (2) pp. 249-262Abstract
Economists have widely documented the “beauty premium” and “ugliness penalty” on earnings. Explanations based on employer and client discrimination would predict a monotonic association between physical attractiveness and earnings; explanations based on occupational self-selection would explain the beauty premium as a function of workers’ occupations; and explanations based on individual differences would predict that the beauty premium would disappear once appropriate individual differences are controlled. In this paper, we empirically tested the three competing hypotheses about the “beauty premium”.URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-017-9489-6Reference Type
Journal ArticleJournal Title
Journal of Business and PsychologyAuthor(s)
Kanazawa, SatoshiStill, Mary C.