TY - RPRT AU - Pfeifer, Christian TI - Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Earnings PY - 2011/Apr/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 5664 UR - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5664 AB - Survey data is used to estimate the impact of physical attractiveness rated by the interviewer as well as by the respondent on employment probability and labor income of men and women. In addition to mean linear and non-linear effects on earnings, simultaneous quantile regressions are applied to analyze heterogeneity across the wage distribution. KW - attractiveness KW - beauty KW - employment KW - wages ER -