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getting hired. People spend large amounts of money on goods and services to enhance their beauty. Is this enhancement worth … pursuing? Research suggests that the expected improvement in beauty from these goods and services is limited. Therefore …, despite the large returns from having an attractive appearance, the cost-effectiveness of investment in beauty enhancement is …
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We investigate the relationship between physical attractiveness and the time people devote to video/computer gaming. Average American teenagers spend 2.6% of their waking hours gaming, while for adults this figure is 2.7%. Using the American Add Health Study, we show that adults who are...
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drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result is not because beauty is acting as a proxy for socio-economic status …. Being very attractive is also positively associated adult vocabulary test scores, which suggests the possibility that beauty … beauty, high school beauty (pre-labor market beauty) has a separate impact on crime, and that high school beauty is …
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of beauty and one’s looks, etc., can be answered. A total of 338 filled up questionnaires were used to compile this study …
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We investigate the relationship between physical attractiveness and the time people devote to video/computer gaming. Average American teenagers spend 2.6% of their waking hours gaming, while for adults this figure is 2.7%. Using the American Add Health Study, we show that adults who are...
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earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A “beauty premium” is particularly apparent in jobs where there is …
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getting hired. People spend large amounts of money on goods and services to enhance their beauty. Is this enhancement worth … pursuing? Research suggests that the expected improvement in beauty from these goods and services is limited. Therefore …, despite the large returns from having an attractive appearance, the cost-effectiveness of investment in beauty enhancement is …
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drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result is not because beauty is acting as a proxy for socio-economic status …. Being very attractive is also positively associated adult vocabulary test scores, which suggests the possibility that beauty … beauty, high school beauty (pre-labor market beauty) has a separate impact on crime, and that high school beauty is …
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earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A "beauty premium" is particularly apparent in jobs where there is …
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