Replication data for: Why Beauty Matters
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Markus M. Mobius; Tanya S. Rosenblat
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Project Citation:
Mobius, Markus M., and Rosenblat, Tanya S. Replication data for: Why Beauty Matters. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116076V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We decompose the beauty premium in an experimental labor market where "employers" determine wages of "workers" who perform a maze-solving task. This task requires a true skill which we show to be unaffected by physical attractiveness. We find a sizable beauty premium and can identify three transmission channels: (a) physically attractive workers are more confident and higher confidence increases wages; (b) for a given level of confidence, physically attractive workers are (wrongly) considered more able by employers; (c) controlling for worker confidence, physically attractive workers have oral skills (such as communication and social skills) that raise their wages when they interact with employers. Our methodology can be adopted to study the sources of discriminatory pay differentials in other settings.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J71 Labor Discrimination
M52 Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
J71 Labor Discrimination
M52 Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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