Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/90081 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7847
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of recruiters' decisions.
Subjects: 
lab experiments
hiring discrimination
economics of beauty
economics of personality
JEL: 
C91
J24
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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