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dc.contributor.authorLópez Bóo, Florenciaen
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Martín A.en
dc.contributor.authorUrzua, Sergioen
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:58:29Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:58:29Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201205026363en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58941-
dc.description.abstractWe 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6356en
dc.subject.jelJ71en
dc.subject.jelJ78en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordfacial attractivenessen
dc.subject.keywordcallback ratesen
dc.subject.keywordlabor market discriminationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwMenschenen
dc.subject.stwPersonalbeschaffungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwArgentinienen
dc.titleThe labor market return to an attractive face: Evidence from a field experiment-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn715403125en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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