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

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. ► We conducted a randomized field experiment in Argentina. ► Attractiv...

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Published in:Economics letters 2013-01, Vol.118 (1), p.170-172
Main Authors: López Bóo, Florencia, Rossi, Martín A., Urzúa, Sergio S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Callback rates
Design of experiments
Experiments
Face
Facial attractiveness
field experimentation
Human behaviour
Labor market
Labor market discrimination
Personal appearance
physische Attraktivität
Responses
Resumes
Social theory
Studies
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