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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 101857 |
| Journal | Labour economics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Early online date | 4 Jun 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2020 |
Abstract
This paper analyses how both own appearance and the beauty composition of other candidates influence the chances of being selected for a job interview. Based on our lab experiment with randomised CVs, we confirm the role of appearance on job recruitment. Importantly, we show that appearance of other applicants with the same gender has significant incremental effects on top of the existing beauty premium. This “wingman effect” is more pronounced in high skilled occupations and mainly among male recruiters. We provide evidence that the “wingman effect” is not driven by system one decision making and predominantly affects choices at the margin.
Keywords
- Beauty premium, Decoy effect, Labour discrimination
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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In: Labour economics, Vol. 65, 101857, 08.2020.
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AU - Leckcivilize, Attakrit
AU - Straub, Alexander
N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Knut Gerlach, David Kiss, Hamed Moghadam, Anna Katharina Pikos, Patrick Puhani, Reinhard Weisser, and the participants at DMM 2016, Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society 2017, Potsdam PhD Workshop in Empirical Economics 2017, and NCBEE 2018 for their helpful comments. The economics department of Leibniz Universität Hannover provided a funding of 3520 EUR. This funding body did not influence the experimental design. This funding is generally rewarded to cover implementation costs of studies in experimental economics at the Leibniz Universität Hannover.
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