Weight, attractiveness, and gender when hiring: A field experiment in Spain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.11.028
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- Catarina Goulão & Juan A. & Francisco Lagos & Dan-Olof Rooth, 2023. "Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender when Hiring. A Field Experiment in Spain," ThE Papers 23/03, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Goulão, Catarina & Lacomba, Juan A. & Lagos, Francisco Miguel & Rooth, Dan-Olof, 2023. "Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender When Hiring: A Field Experiment in Spain," IZA Discussion Papers 16119, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Goulão, Catarina & Lacomba, Juan Antonio & Lagos, Francisco & Rooth, Dan-Olof, 2023. "Weight, Attractiveness, and Gender when Hiring: a Field Experiment in Spain," TSE Working Papers 23-1438, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
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Keywords
Obesity; Overweight; Gender; Attractiveness; Hiring; Correspondence testing;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
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