Wages, Intelligence and Physical Appearance

The paper explores the relation among wages, intelligence and Physical appearance. We find the later to influence the former, but once IQ is accounted for, the effect vanishes, showing that physical appearance may be a signal that actually indicates the cognitive ability possesed by the workers. Sma...

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Autor principal: Tetaz, Martín
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Publicado: 2006
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1693072024-08-29T20:08:06Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/169307 Wages, Intelligence and Physical Appearance Tetaz, Martín 2006-11 2006 2024-08-29T16:59:52Z en Ciencias Económicas The paper explores the relation among wages, intelligence and Physical appearance. We find the later to influence the former, but once IQ is accounted for, the effect vanishes, showing that physical appearance may be a signal that actually indicates the cognitive ability possesed by the workers. Small and medium firms, lacking technologies to properly estimate the ability of their applicants, may rely on physical appearance as a substitue. We finnaly disscuse some explanations of the effect found. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas Objeto de conferencia Objeto de conferencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf
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description The paper explores the relation among wages, intelligence and Physical appearance. We find the later to influence the former, but once IQ is accounted for, the effect vanishes, showing that physical appearance may be a signal that actually indicates the cognitive ability possesed by the workers. Small and medium firms, lacking technologies to properly estimate the ability of their applicants, may rely on physical appearance as a substitue. We finnaly disscuse some explanations of the effect found.
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