Do employers reward physical attractiveness in transition countries?

Mavisakalyan, Astghik

doi:10.1016/j.ehb.2017.10.002

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“…On the contrary, higher weight reduces earning for women suggesting possible beauty premium for females (Hamermesh & Biddle, 1994). Again, this finding is in line with previous findings in post‐communist countries (Mavisakalyan, 2018). At the same time, reverse causality is also plausible since employment and higher earnings may have a positive effect on increase in weight.…”

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“…Previous studies on inequality in labour market outcomes in post‐communist countries have predominantly concentrated on gender‐based differences, return to schooling, and differences based on attractiveness of individuals (Brück & Esenaliev, 2013; Habibov, Afandi, & Cheung, 2017; Habibov & Cheung, 2017a; Mavisakalyan, 2018). As a result, by focusing on height as a basis of differences in labour market outcomes, this study attempts to overcome the limitation of the previous studies and fill the gap in the literature.…”

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Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries

Habibov

Auchynnikava

Luo

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American J Hum Biol

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Objectives: We study the influence of height on labour market outcomes using micro-data from a recent survey that cover 27 post-communist countries. Specifically, we focus on the influence of height on three dimensions of labour market outcome: (1) likelihood of employment, (2) occupational sorting, and (3) earnings. Methods: We use micro-data from 2016 Life-In-Transition survey (LITS) which was jointly conducted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank. We run several types of regression to show how height influences (1) likelihood of employment, (2) occupational sorting, and (3) earnings. Results: When controlling for a comprehensive set of covariates, for each 10 cm increase in height, the probability of getting a job increases by 1% points for males and by 3 for females. Equally, for each 10 cm increase in height, the probability of getting a job increases by 2% points in urban areas and rural areas. Our findings demonstrate that taller women and men are more likely: (a) being an employer rather than an employee; (b) to be employed in higherpaid and more prestigious sectors of finance, insurance, and real estate; (c) to be employed in private enterprises. Finally, when occupational sorting and socio-demographics are controlled for, a 10 cm increase in height results in a 5% increase in earning for men, and a 12% increase in earnings for women. Conclusions: Using a diverse sample of 27 post-communist countries, we found that taller individuals have better labour market outcomes in terms of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings.

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Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries

Habibov

Auchynnikava

Luo

et al. 2020

American J Hum Biol

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“…To study the individual-level correlates of son preference, we use unique data drawn from the Caucasus Barometer (CB), an annual nationally-representative household survey on a wide range of demographic, social, economic and political variables conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) since 2004. The CB is one of the few high-quality datasets in the countries of the South Caucasus and has been used in other published studies on the region (e.g., Habibov and Afandi, 2011;Antinyan, 2016;Mavisakalyan and Meinecke, 2016;Mavisakalyan, 2018).…”

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The Role of Conflict in Sex Discrimination: The Case of Missing Girls

Mavisakalyan

Minasyan

2023

Economic Development and Cultural Change

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“…Height is also associated with a higher level of physical power and strength, both of which are required for many types of entrepreneurship, for instance, within the field of agriculture (Sohn, 2015;Thomas & Strauss, 1997). In addition, the taste-based discrimination theory postulates that customers may consciously favour taller individuals and discriminate against shorter individuals simply because they have a taste for attractive individuals (Becker, 1971;Cinnirella & Winter, 2009;Mavisakalyan, 2018). For example, taller individuals are judged to be more persuasive and capable (Hensley, 1993;Young & French, 1996;Zebrowitz, 1994).…”

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Does the height to entrepreneurship nexus have two stages? New evidence from 27 nations

2021

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We examine the association between height and entrepreneurship in 27 nations, finding that the relationship between height and entrepreneurship can be considered to be a two-stage process. During the first stage, individuals make the decision of whether or not to try to set up their own business. At this stage, the effect of height is stronger: each 10-cm increase in height is associated with an approximately 1.4 percentage point increase in the probability of having tried to set up a business. During the second stage, after a positive decision to embark upon entrepreneurship has already been taken, people may find success in setting up their business. At this stage, although taller individuals are still more likely to experience success than their shorter counterparts, the effect of height becomes much weaker. Each 10-cm increase in height is associated with an approximately 0.4 percentage point increase in the probability of having tried to set up a business without success, and an approximately 0.4 percentage point increase in the likelihood of having set up a business in which the respondent is no longer involved, or that is no longer operational. Finally, each 10-cm increase in height is associated with an approximately 1 percentage point increase in the probability of remaining an entrepreneur. At the same time, we found that the effect of height is stronger in magnitude than the effects of gender, health and university education. This finding is remarkable insofar as gender, health and university education are usually considered to be the main determinants of entrepreneurship.

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Do employers reward physical attractiveness in transition countries?

Cited by 14 publications

References 101 publications

Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries

Influence of height on likelihood of employment, occupational sorting, and earnings in 27 post‐communist countries

The Role of Conflict in Sex Discrimination: The Case of Missing Girls

Does the height to entrepreneurship nexus have two stages? New evidence from 27 nations

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