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| Title: | | The labor market return to an attractive face: Evidence from a field experiment  |
| Authors: | | López Bóo, Florencia Rossi, Martín A. Urzua, Sergio |
| Issue Date: | | 2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6356 |
| Abstract: | | We provide new evidence on the link between beauty and hiring practices in the labor market. Specifically, we study if people with less attractive faces are less likely to be contacted after submitting a resume. Our empirical strategy is based on an experimental approach. We sent fictitious resumes with pictures of attractive and unattractive faces to real job openings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find that attractive people receive 36 percent more responses (callbacks) than unattractive people. Given the experimental design, this difference can be attributed to the exogenous manipulation of facial attractiveness of our fake job applicants. |
| Subjects: | | facial attractiveness callback rates labor market discrimination |
| JEL: | | J71 J78 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201205026363 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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