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Beauty and the beast in the labor market: Evidence from a distribution regression approach
Karina, DOORLEY; Eva, SIERMINSKA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
We apply an innovative technique to allow for differential effects of physical appearance across the wage distribution, as traditional methods confound opposing effects. Counterfactual wage distributions constructed using distribution regression,show that unattractive women are more likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647489
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Body size and wages in Europe: A semi-parametric analysis
Vincent, HILDEBRAND; Philippe, VAN KERM - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2010
Evidence of the association between wages and body size –typically measured by the body mass index– appears to be … sensitive to estimation methods and samples, and varies across gender and ethnic groups. One factor that may contribute to this … semi-parametric models reveal a more complex picture with height having additional effects on wages. We interpret our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636546
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Mobility across Firms and Occupations among Graduates from Apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science
the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268447
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Mobility across Firms and Occupations among Graduates from Apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie; Zwiener, Hanna - Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science
the wage effects of mobility among graduates from apprenticeship in Germany. Our instrumental variables approach exploits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268450
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Mobility across Firms and Occupations among Graduates from Apprenticeship
Fitzenberger, Bernd - Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science
Germany. We employ an instrumental variables approach exploiting variation in regional labor market characteristics. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011189125
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Evaluating the effect of beauty on labor market outcomes: A review of the literature
Xing, LIU; Eva, SIERMINSKA - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2014
Examining the effect of beauty on labor market outcomes has become a growing field of labor economics. In fact, the way the labor market rewards physical attractiveness has become an important underlying determinant of wage discrimination, as well as the gender wage gap. In this article, we...
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