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Beauty and Productivity in Academic Publishing

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  • Kseniya Bortnikova

    (Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)

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Academic publishing represents a field in which the opportunity for discrimination based on appearance should be limited since intellectual skills must play a key role. In this work, I document the beauty effect for economic scholars. Using unique data on academics who published their research papers in economic journals in 2017 I test whether more attractive academics are more productive. I found evidence that appearance is positively and significantly associated with the success of research output as measured by the higher number of citations. However, the effect magnitude is rather small, and it becomes even smaller when I control for the ranking of the Ph.D. granting institution.

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  • Kseniya Bortnikova, 2023. "Beauty and Productivity in Academic Publishing," Working Papers IES 2023/10, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised Apr 2023.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:wpaper:wp2023_10
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    Keywords

    Beauty bias; productivity; discrimination; academic publishing;
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    JEL classification:

    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions

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