BEAUTY AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF THE LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION
BEAUTY AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF THE LADIES PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION
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DOI：
10.1111/coep.12009
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Lee, Young Hoon
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作者：
Ahn, Seung Chan;Lee, Young Hoon
有证据表明，即使在控制了各种个人特征之后，长相有吸引力的工人的收入也高于长相普通的工人。这种美丽溢价的存在可能会影响有吸引力的工人的劳动力供应决策。例如，如果一个有吸引力的工人生产的一个产品单位比她不太有吸引力的同事生产的一个产品单位获得更多的回报，那么有吸引力的工人可能会投入更多的努力来提高她的生产力。我们通过分析参加女子职业高尔夫协会 (LPGA) 巡回赛的个别女性高尔夫球手的面板数据来检验这种可能性。我们发现，即使在控制球员经验和与其天赋相关的其他变量的情况下，有吸引力的高尔夫球手的得分低于平均水平，并且比外表普通的球员获得更多奖金。这一发现与外貌与个体工人的人力资本或技能积累相关的观念是一致的。如果有吸引力的员工的人力资本至少部分是对美丽的偏爱的结果，那么之前的研究获得的溢价估计可能会出现向下偏差。 （JEL J3、J7、L8）
There is evidence that attractive looking workers earn more than average looking workers, even after controlling for a variety of individual characteristics. The presence of such beauty premiums may influence the labor supply decisions of attractive workers. For example, if one unit of a product by an attractive worker is more rewarded than that by her less attractive coworker, the attractive worker may put more effort into improving her productivity. We examine this possibility by analyzing panel data for individual female golfers participating in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. We found that attractive golfers recorded lower than average scores and earn more prize money than average looking players, even when controlling for player experience and other variables related to their natural talents. This finding is consistent with the notion that physical appearance is associated with individual workers' accumulation of human capital or skills. If the human capital of attractive workers is at least partly an outcome of favoritism toward beauty, then the premium estimates obtained by previous studies may have been downwardly biased. (JEL J3, J7, L8)