Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions

Stijn Baert and Lynn Decuypere
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Lynn Decuypere: Ghent University

No 7847, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of recruiters' decisions.

Keywords: hiring discrimination; economics of personality; economics of beauty; lab experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 J24 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2013-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe and nep-exp
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Published - revised version published in: Applied Economics Letters , 2014, 21 (9), 597 - 601

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