The labor market return to an attractive face: Evidence from a field experiment

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 118
Issue: 1
Pages: 170-172

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We design a field experiment to study if people with less attractive faces are less likely to be contacted after submitting a resume. We find that attractive people receive 36% more responses (callbacks) than unattractive people.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:118:y:2013:i:1:p:170-172
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25