Effects of Beauty, Personality, and Grooming on High School GPA

Philip Robins, Michael French (), Jenny Homer () and Lauren Tapsell ()
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Michael French: Department of Sociology, University of Miami
Jenny Homer: Health Economics Research Group, Sociology Research Center, University of Miami
Lauren Tapsell: Health Economics Research Group, Sociology Research Center, University of Miami

No 712, Working Papers from University of Miami, Department of Economics

Abstract: We investigate the effect of speaking Spanish at home as a child on completed schooling and aptitude test scores using data on Hispanics who grew up in the U.S. from the NLSY79. We model the accumulation of traditional human capital and English fluency, leading to the joint determination of schooling and test scores. We find that speaking Spanish at home reduces test scores but has no signi cant e ect on completed schooling. The reduction in test scores is more dramatic the higher the education of the parents and when the choice of home language is endogenous.

Keywords: Physical Appearance; Beauty Premium; Adolescents; High School Grades (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I21 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2007-11-29
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