We document appearance effects in the economics profession. Using unique data on PhD graduates from top economics departments in the United States we test whether more attractive individuals are more likely to succeed. We find robust evidence that appearance matters for job outcomes. Attractive individuals are more likely to study at higher ranked PhD institutions, are more likely to find themselves in private sector jobs than in government jobs or in academia. Within academia, attractive PhD graduates are more likely to be placed at higher ranking in- stitutions. More surprisingly, appearance also predicts research productivity on the job. Papers written by attractive individuals are cited more often. All these effects are not only statistically significant but are also substantial in magnitude.
Do Looks Matter for and Academic Career in Economics?
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We document appearance effects in the economics profession. Using unique data on PhD graduates from top economics departments in the United States we test whether more attractive individuals are more likely to succeed. We find robust evidence that appearance matters for job outcomes. Attractive individuals are more likely to study at higher ranked PhD institutions, are more likely to find themselves in private sector jobs than in government jobs or in academia. Within academia, attractive PhD graduates are more likely to be placed at higher ranking in- stitutions. More surprisingly, appearance also predicts research productivity on the job. Papers written by attractive individuals are cited more often. All these effects are not only statistically significant but are also substantial in magnitude.
https://hbr.org/2019/10/attractive-people-get-unfair-advantages-at-work-ai-can-help
"Unsurprisingly, the beauty bias transfers into the workplace, with scientific studies showing that less attractive individuals are more likely to get fired, even though they are also less likely to be hired in the first place. For example, in an experimental study, researchers sent 11,000 CVs to various job openings, including identical CVs accompanied by candidate photographs of different levels of attractiveness. Attractive women and men were much more likely to get a call back for an interview than unattractive (or no-photograph) candidates were."
Automatic rejection because we the results are unsurprising. Please p-hack so that your results show unattractive people get jobs.
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^ Is this surprising? If given multiple candidates with equal CVs, wouldn't you prefer to hire the one who wasn't bµttfµck µgly?
Who wants to voluntarily choose to have to deal with a physically repµgnant person every day at work when there are better options?They did not sent multiple identical CVs for the same job opening, idjit.