%0 Report %A Baert, Stijn %A Decuypere, Lynn %T Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions %D 2013 %8 2013 Dec %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 7847 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7847 %X In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of recruiters' decisions. %K hiring discrimination %K economics of personality %K economics of beauty %K lab experiments