Beauty and Productivity in Academic Publishing

Kseniya Bortnikova
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Kseniya Bortnikova: Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic

Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2023, vol. 73, issue 3, 251-276

Abstract: Academic publishing represents a field in which the opportunity for discrimination based on appearance should be limited since intellectual skills must play a key role. In this work, I document the beauty effect for economic scholars. Using unique data on academics who published their research papers in economic journals in 2017 and the new machine learning technique I test whether more attractive academics are more productive. I found evidence that appearance is positively and significantly associated with the success of research output as measured by the higher number of citations, the effects are robust and statistically significant.

Keywords: beauty bias; productivity; discrimination; academic publishing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 J3 J7 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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