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dc.contributor.authorDoorley, Karinaen
dc.contributor.authorSierminska, Evaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-14T11:05:53Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-14T11:05:53Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/62417-
dc.description.abstractWe apply an innovative technique to allow for differential effects of physical appearance and self-confidence across the wage distribution, as traditional methods can confound opposing effects at either end of the wage distribution. Comparing the effects of beauty and confidence measures in two countries (Germany and Luxembourg), we find that wages are more driven by looks than self-esteem. Counterfactual wage distributions, constructed using distribution regression, show a beauty premium for women at the bottom of the wage distribution. However, most of this is explained by the fact that attractive women have better labor market attributes than their unattractive counterparts. We find a large wage premium for attractive men throughout the wage distribution which is largely unexplained by labor market attributes. There is a small wage penalty for self-confident individuals, particularly men, although their labor market characteristics are generally better than their less confident counterparts. We show that the difference in characteristics between beautiful and plain people contributes to the beauty premium identified using traditional models, particularly for women. Isolating the characteristic effect from the unexplained effect of beauty on wages leads to smaller beauty premium for women.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6674en
dc.subject.jelD31en
dc.subject.jelJ24en
dc.subject.jelJ30en
dc.subject.jelJ70en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordwagesen
dc.subject.keyworddistributionen
dc.subject.keywordphysical appearanceen
dc.subject.keyworddiscriminationen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwMenschenen
dc.subject.stwPersönlichkeitspsychologieen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.subject.stwLuxemburgen
dc.titleMyth or fact? The beauty premium across the wage distribution-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn719123593en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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