Productivity or Discrimination? Beauty and the Exams

• Autores: Giam Pietro Cipriani, Angelo Zago
• Localización: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, ISSN 0305-9049, Vol. 73, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 428-447
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Do good looks make people more productive? An impact of looks on earnings has been found in the empirical literature: plain people earn less than average-looking people who in turn earn less than good-looking people. However, an important question remains unanswered: is the impact of beauty due to pure discrimination or productivity? We provide evidence against the hypothesis of Becker-type discrimination stemming from tastes and in favour of productivity-related discrimination.