Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Abrevaya, Jason - 2011
about 0.10 standard deviations of additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide …We measure the impact of individuals' looks on their life satisfaction or happiness. Using five data sets from the U … and marriage markets, the impact among men is more than halved, among women slightly less than halved. The majority of the …