Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions
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- S. Baert & L. Decuypere, 2014. "Better sexy than flexy? A lab experiment assessing the impact of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(9), pages 597-601, June.
- S. Baert & L. Decuypere, 2013. "Better sexy than flexy? A lab experiment assessing the impact of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 13/868, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
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Keywords
lab experiments; economics of beauty; hiring discrimination; economics of personality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2014-01-24 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2014-01-24 (Experimental Economics)
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