The Economic Reality of the Beauty Myth

1 January 1996

journal article
Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Human Resources

Vol. 31 (2) , 304
https://doi.org/10.2307/146065

Abstract

We investigate income, marital status, and hourly pay differentials by body mass (kg/m 2) in a sample of 23- to 31-year-olds drawn from the 1988 NLSY. Obese wom...

Keywords

MARITAL STATUS
PAY DIFFERENTIALS
ECONOMIC REALITY
YEAR OLDS
BEAUTY MYTH
INVESTIGATE INCOME
OLDS DRAWN
OBESE WOM

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