Attractive Physical Appearance vs. Good Academic Characteristics: Which Generates More Earnings?

Tao, Hung‐Lin

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6435.2008.00395.x

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“…A negative association between body weight and wages is well established in the labor economics literature. It has been observed in the United States (Averett and Korenman, 1996;Cawley, 2004;Conley and Glauber, 2006, among others), as well as in European countries such as Denmark (Greve, 2008), England (Morris, 2006), Finland (Johansson, Backerman, Kiiskinen, and Helivaara, 2009), France (Paraponaris, Saliba, and Ventelou, 2005), Germany (Cawley, Grabka, and Dean, 2005), Sweden (Lundborg, Nystedt, and Rooth, 2010), and even in Taiwan (Tao, 2008). …”

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Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Caliendo

Gehrsitz

2016

Economics & Human Biology

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. This paper applies semiparametric regression models to shed light on the relationship between body weight and labor market outcomes in Germany. We find conclusive evidence that these relationships are poorly described by linear or quadratic OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do not follow a linear relationship and are highest at a body weight far below the clinical threshold of obesity. This indicates that looks, rather than health, is the driving force behind the adverse labor market outcomes to which overweight women are subject. Further support is lent to this notion by the fact that wage penalties for overweight and obese women are only observable in white-collar occupations. On the other hand, bigger appears to be better in the case of men, for whom employment prospects increase with weight, albeit with diminishing returns. However, underweight men in blue-collar jobs earn lower wages because they lack the muscular strength required in such occupations. JEL Classification:J31, J71, C14

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Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Caliendo

Gehrsitz

2016

Economics & Human Biology

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“…This question adopted from several study regarding employee experience on aesthetic labour [19], and how aesthetic labour implemented in industry [22,20,23].…”

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Looking Good and Sounding Right The importance of Aesthetic Labour with Bandung Travel Agency Industry

Handyastuti¹

2016

Proceedings of the Asia Tourism Forum. 2016 - The 12th Biennial Conference of Hospitality and Tourism Industry in Asia

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Abstract-In this era which called Experienced Economic Era by Pine andThis research was using phenomenological philosophy and qualitative method. By using purposive sampling method, the respondents were employee and managers from two different travel agencies in Bandung. The data were collected using one to one interview and analysed using content analysis method. There were some similarities and also differences within the four stages with other current research regarding Aesthetic Labour. Attitude was seen as more important than appearance within Bandung Travel Agency Industry since it was harder to be thought and trained or re-shape. All respondents stated that aesthetic labour was an important supply of labour within Bandung Travel Agency Industry though the application on the recruitment, selection, training, and the service encounter were not as significant as other industries. Further research regarding Aesthetic Labour will be needed. Set of criteria regarding attitude and appearance within Bandung travel agency industry should be revealed in order to make better criteria of job requirements.

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“…by Andrew Horowitz and Julie Trivitt (2007); Does Government Matter? Yes, No or Maybe: Some Evidence from Developing Countries, by M. G. Quibria (2006); Attractive Physical Appearance vs. Good Academic Characteristics, by Hung‐Lin Tao (2008); Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Happiest of Them All? by Benno Torgler, Nemana Abtic and Uwe Dulleck (2008).…”

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Editorial Ruminations: Publishing Kyklos

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Eichenberger

Frey

2009

Kyklos

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SUMMARY Scholars today are under increasing pressure to publish in A journals, the main role of which consists in certifying that a paper meets traditional academic standards. Consequences of this pressure are multiple authorship, the slicing of ideas, and incentives to deviate from the truth. The overburdened reviewers' evaluations are characterized by selfish efforts to protect their intellectual capital and to avoid risk. The behaviour of editors depends much on whether there are a large or small number of editors. The editors of Kyklos respond to these developments by welcoming innovative papers that go beyond standardized orthodoxy.

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Attractive Physical Appearance vs. Good Academic Characteristics: Which Generates More Earnings?

Cited by 14 publications

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Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Obesity and the labor market: A fresh look at the weight penalty

Looking Good and Sounding Right The importance of Aesthetic Labour with Bandung Travel Agency Industry

Editorial Ruminations: Publishing Kyklos

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