Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions
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.
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2013-12
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Authors: | Baert, Stijn ; Decuypere, Lynn |
Institutions: | Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |
Subject: | hiring discrimination | economics of personality | economics of beauty | lab experiments |
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freely available
Extent: | application/pdf |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Notes: | published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, 597-601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.877564 Number 7847 12 pages |
Classification: | C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J71 - Discrimination |
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