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Men benefit more from their looks at work than women do, new research shows

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    Huh, original study is quite interesting. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13320 Not sure why article ommitted these points. Better title will be "Men benefit slightly more from...

    Huh, original study is quite interesting.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ssqu.13320

    The largest gaps in the points estimates are observed for Asians assessed as unattractive and very attractive. Being very attractive and Asian is linked with a more than one-point higher level of mobility in terms of our educational outcome measure. We can also observe the racial/ethnic social mobility gradient for attractive and average-looking individuals. Whites demonstrate the lowest educational mobility, while Asians exhibit the highest.

    For occupational mobility, we observe a similar social mobility gradient of attractiveness across racial/ethnic groups. However, being rated as very attractive instead of average results in better occupational outcomes for Hispanics. This is also confirmed by interaction terms reported in Table S4. Very attractive Hispanics and Asians have noticeably better mobility than Whites of the same attractiveness.

    The findings indicate that physical attractiveness matters more for males’ educational mobility and, to a lesser extent, occupational mobility. Unattractive females, on the other hand, do worse regarding educational mobility. In the case of income mobility, we again find slightly larger physical attractiveness effects for males.

    Not sure why article ommitted these points.

    Better title will be "Men benefit slightly more from their looks at work than women do, new research suggests".

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