Perfecting beauty under the knife: the determinants of global cosmetic surgery consumption
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- Beghin, John C. & Teshome, Yalem, 2014. "Perfecting Beauty under the Knife: The Determinants of Global Cosmetic Surgery Consumption," Staff General Research Papers Archive 37810, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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