Physical Attractiveness, Employment and earnings

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Survey data are used to estimate the impact of physical attractiveness rated by the interviewer as well as by the respondent on employment probability and labour income of men and women. In addition to mean linear and nonlinear effects on earnings, simultaneous quantile regressions are applied to analyse heterogeneity across the wage distribution.
Original languageEnglish
JournalApplied Economics Letters
Volume19
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)505-510
Number of pages6
ISSN1350-4851
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Publication statusPublished - 04.2012