Why do very unattractive workers earn so much?

作者: Shihao Hu , Adrien Larere , Satoshi Kanazawa

DOI: 10.1016/J.EHB.2018.03.003

关键词: Adolescent healthPhysical attractivenessHigher educationEvolutionary psychologyLongitudinal studyDemographic economicsAssortative matingPositive correlationPsychologyHealth(social science)

摘要: Kanazawa and Still (2018) showed that very unattractive workers earned more than workers, sometimes average-looking or attractive because they had higher levels of intelligence education, but did not explain why education. There are both theoretical empirical reasons to expect some intelligent men may prefer marry women. The analysis the National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Health (Add Health) shows women were significantly likely be married at Age 29 women, their spouses partners those If have historically preferred generation after generation, then, general physical attractiveness highly heritable, this can achieve thereby earning more. It also positive correlation between is larger despite assortative mating status physically over many generations.

参考文章(27)
Dorian G. Mitchem, Alicia M. Purkey, Nicholas M. Grebe, Gregory Carey, Christine E. Garver-Apgar, Timothy C. Bates, Rosalind Arden, John K. Hewitt, Sarah E. Medland, Nicholas G. Martin, Brendan P. Zietsch, Matthew C. Keller, Estimating the Sex-Specific Effects of Genes on Facial Attractiveness and Sexual Dimorphism Behavior Genetics. ,vol. 44, pp. 270- 281 ,(2014) , 10.1007/S10519-013-9627-5
Rene J. McGovern, Michael C. Neale, Kenneth S. Kendler, The Independence of Physical Attractiveness and Symptoms of Depression in a Female Twin Population The Journal of Psychology. ,vol. 130, pp. 209- 219 ,(1996) , 10.1080/00223980.1996.9915002
Irene Hanson Frieze, Josephine E. Olson, June Russell, Attractiveness and Income for Men and Women in Management1 Journal of Applied Social Psychology. ,vol. 21, pp. 1039- 1057 ,(1991) , 10.1111/J.1559-1816.1991.TB00458.X
David C. Rowe, Mary Clapp, Janette Wallis, Physical attractiveness and the personality resemblance of identical twins. Behavior Genetics. ,vol. 17, pp. 191- 201 ,(1987) , 10.1007/BF01065997
Satoshi Kanazawa, Intelligence and physical attractiveness Intelligence. ,vol. 39, pp. 7- 14 ,(2011) , 10.1016/J.INTELL.2010.11.003
Barry Harper, BEAUTY, STATURE AND THE LABOUR MARKET: A BRITISH COHORT STUDY. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. ,vol. 62, pp. 771- 800 ,(2000) , 10.1111/1468-0084.0620S1771
Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque, Anthropometry and socioeconomics among couples: Evidence in the United States Economics & Human Biology. ,vol. 8, pp. 373- 384 ,(2010) , 10.1016/J.EHB.2010.05.001