Physical appearance and peer effects in academic performance

Rey Hernández-Julián and Christina Peters

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 13, 887-890

Abstract: A large literature examines the role of peer effects in shaping student academic outcomes. This article adds to that literature by introducing a new kind of peer effect – the effect of classmate physical appearance. We document that college students are assigned higher grades when in a classroom with peers who are rated as very attractive. This effect is strongest for female students and appears to be concentrated among the courses of younger and male instructors.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1380282

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