Does Beauty Matter in Undergraduate Education?
Tatyana Deryugina and
Olga Shurchkov
MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany
Abstract:
Physically attractive individuals achieve greater success in terms of earnings and status than those who are less attractive. However, much about the mechanism behind this “beauty premium” remains unknown. We use a rich dataset to shed light on its nature at the college level. We find that students judged to be more attractive perform significantly worse on standardized tests but, conditional on test scores, are not evaluated more favorably at the point of admission. Controlling for test scores, more attractive students receive marginally better grades in some cases. Finally, there is substantial beauty-based sorting into areas of study and occupations.
Keywords: Beauty; Undergraduate Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08-05
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Journal Article: DOES BEAUTY MATTER IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION? (2015) 
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