Are attractive female tennis players more successful? : an empirical analysis

Linn-Brit Bakkenbüll; Stephanie Kiefer

This study examines whether there is a relationship between physical attractiveness of professional female tennis players ranked in the top 100 of the tennis world ranking in 2011 and their sporting success in terms of earned prize money and winning probabilities. OLS-regressions reveal a significantly positive relationship between physical attractiveness and sporting success in terms of prize money for the years 2012 and 2013 as well as for the whole career. Furthermore, a logit-model shows that the larger the difference in physical attractiveness is, the higher is the winning probability for the more attractive player in individual matches.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bakkenbüll, Linn-Brit ; Kiefer, Stephanie
Publisher:	Münster : Inst. für Organisationsökonomik
Subject:	Sportler \| Athletes \| Frauen \| Women \| Ballsport \| Ball game \| Biologische Daten \| Biological data \| Arbeitsleistung \| Job performance \| Kleinste-Quadrate-Methode \| Least squares method \| Logit-Modell \| Logit model

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (II, 17 S.)
Series:	Diskussionspapier des Instituts für Organisationsökonomik : [DP-IO]. - Münster : IO, ISSN 2750-4476, ZDB-ID 2580542-3. - Vol. 12/2014
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Zsfassung in dt. Sprache Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader Parallelsacht.: Sind attraktive Tennisspielerinnen erfolgreicher?
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/106258 [Handle]
Classification:	J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J49 - Particular Labor Markets. Other ; J71 - Discrimination ; L83 - Sports; Gambling; Recreation; Tourism ; M52 - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects (stock options, fringe benefits, incentives, family support programs)
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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