We use novel data to show that the beauty wage premium exists only in jobs where attractiveness is plausibly a …

We use novel data from the Berea Panel Study to reexamine the labor market mechanisms generating the beauty wage … premium. We find that the beauty premium varies widely across jobs with different task requirements. Specifically, in jobs … enhancing attribute--those that require substantial amounts of interpersonal interaction--a large beauty premium exists. In …

We use novel data from the Berea Panel Study to reexamine the labor market mechanisms generating the beauty wage … premium. We find that the beauty premium varies widely across jobs with different task requirements. Specifically, in jobs … enhancing attribute—those that require substantial amounts of interpersonal interaction—a large beauty premium exists. In …