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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP15893 |
DP15893 Do Looks Matter for an Academic Career in Economics? | |
Galina Hale; Tali Regev; Yona Rubinstein | |
发表日期 | 2021-03-07 |
出版年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | We document appearance effects in the economics profession. Using unique data on PhD graduates from ten of the top economics departments in the United States we test whether more attractive individuals are more likely to succeed. We find robust evidence that appearance has predictive power for job outcomes and research productivity. Attractive individuals are more likely to study at higher ranked PhD institutions and are more likely to be placed at higher-ranking academic institutions not only for their first job, but also for jobs as many as 15 years after their graduation, even when we control for the ranking of PhD institution and first job. Appearance also predicts the success of research output: while it does not predict the number of papers an individual writes, it predicts the number of citations for a given number of papers, again even when we control for the ranking of the PhD institution and first job. All these effects are robust, statistically significant, and substantial in magnitude. |
主题 | Public Economics |
关键词 | Beauty Appearance Economists * |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp15893 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/544884 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Galina Hale,Tali Regev,Yona Rubinstein. DP15893 Do Looks Matter for an Academic Career in Economics?. 2021. |
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