Labour (Rome, Italy), 2014-09, Vol.28 (3), p.269-287
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Looks and Labor: Do Attractive People Work More?
- Ist Teil von
- Labour (Rome, Italy), 2014-09, Vol.28 (3), p.269-287
- Ort / Verlag
- Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Quelle
- EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) 2008, I investigate how looks affect an individual's labor supply decision. My results are, by and large, in line with predictions derived from the neoclassical model of labor supply. Applying regular probit, bivariate probit, Tobit and Heckman selection regression models, I find that good looks go hand in hand with higher employment probabilities and more hours of market work. Furthermore, physical attractiveness is positively associated with spousal income and spousal employment. Hence, beauty appears to affect labor supply decisions both directly and through the marriage market.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1121-7081eISSN: 1467-9914DOI: 10.1111/labr.12035Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660022141
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Attractiveness, Correlation analysis, D13, Decisions, Employment, Federal Republic of Germany, Flexible hours of work, Germany, Income, J12, J22, J71, Labor Supply, Labour supply, Markets, Mate Selection, Personal appearance, Regression analysis, Social research, Social surveys, Studies, Working Hours