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.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	López Bóo, Florencia ; Rossi, Martín A. ; Urzúa, Sergio S.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 118.2013, 1, p. 170-172
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Facial attractiveness \| Callback rates \| Labor market discrimination

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J71 - Discrimination
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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