Beauty vs. brains: Early labor market outcomes of high school graduates

This paper examines the wage returns to attractiveness for young high school graduates. Findings show that wage returns to attractiveness are large relative to ability and beauty and ability are complements at high attractiveness ratings but substitutes at low ratings.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Fletcher, Jason M.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 105.2009, 3, p. 321-325
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Beauty Wages

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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