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24 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17191
Looks and Gaming: Who and Why?
Andy Chung, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Carl Singleton, Zhengxin Wang, Junsen Zhang
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 240, 107340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17168
How Cognitive Skills Affect Strategic Behavior: Cognitive Ability, Fluid Intelligence and Judgment
David Gill, Zachary Knepper, Victoria L. Prowse, Junya Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16742
The Economic Impact of Heritable Physical Traits: Hot Parents, Rich Kid?
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Anwen Zhang
published as 'Human beauty illustrates the economic impact of heritable physical traits' in: PNAS, 2025, 122 (6), e24184241
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16157
How Does the Beauty of Wives Affect Post-Marriage Family Outcomes? Helen's Face in Chinese Households
Junsen Zhang, Shulan Fei, Yanbing Wen
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 212, 122-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15949
First Impressions Matter. Interview Interactions and Interviewers' Subjective Measures
Karina Doorley, Eva Sierminska
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15275
Strategic Complexity and the Value of Thinking
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (650), 761–786,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15106
Beauty, Underage Drinking, and Adolescent Risky Behaviours
Colin P. Green, Luke B. Wilson, Anwen Zhang
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 215, 153 - 166
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13661
Anger and Strategic Behavior: A Level-k Analysis
Alessandro Castagnetti, Eugenio Proto
published as 'Anger impairs strategic behavior: A Beauty-Contest based analysis' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 213, 128-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12708
'O Youth and Beauty:' Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Rachel A. Gordon, Robert Crosnoe
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2023, 212, 275–289
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10518
Using Response Times to Measure Strategic Complexity and the Value of Thinking in Games
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9891
Age and Gender Profiling in the Chinese and Mexican Labor Markets: Evidence from Four Job Boards
Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Peter J. Kuhn, Kailing Shen
published as 'The Age Twist in Employers' Gender Requests: Evidence from Four Job Boards' in :Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (2), 428-469
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8605
"As Rare as a Panda": How Facial Attractiveness, Gender, and Occupation Affect Interview Callbacks at Chinese Firms
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Lei Lei
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(1), 68-85
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8527
Attractiveness, Anthropometry or Both? Their Relationship and Role in Economic Research
Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
revised version published as 'Beauty, Body Size and Wages: Evidence from a Unique Data Set ' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 22, 24-34.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8526
Evaluating the Effect of Beauty on Labor Market Outcomes: A Review of the Literature
Xing (Michelle) Liu, Eva Sierminska
published in: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 2015, Vol. 6
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8236
Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (6), 1619-1676
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7847
Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions
Stijn Baert, Lynn Decuypere
revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters , 2014, 21 (9), 597 - 601
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6579
Tall or Taller, Pretty or Prettier: Is Discrimination Absolute or Relative?
Daniel S. Hamermesh
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 1:2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5945
Cycles of Wage Discrimination
Jeff E. Biddle, Daniel S. Hamermesh
published as 'Wage discrimination over the business cycle' in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2:7
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5664
Physical Attractiveness, Employment, and Earnings
Christian Pfeifer
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19 (6), 505-510
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5513
The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Their Voters Reward It
Niclas Berggren, Henrik Jordahl, Panu Poutvaara
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 79–86
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