Lookism

Attractive people earn more than people who are not attractive. This is a problem with both genders. People who are more attractive sort themselves into occupations where being attractive may be more productive. Interest in "lookism, the construction of a standard of beauty/attractiveness," is an expression of a belief that people failing to meet that standard are mistreated(Biddle and Hamermesh, 1994).

Two broad household surveys for the United States and one for Canada provide data on the respondents' looks as well as on the usual labor-market and demographic variables of interest to economists. The 1977 Quality of Employment Survey (QES) contains information on 1,515 workers. This survey has the advantage of including great detail about labor-market behavior, but the disadvantage of including only labor-force participants. The 1971 Quality of American Life survey (QAL) contains interv

percent who are viewed as having above-average looks or even as handsome receive an earnings

In all three surveys, the interviewer, who visited the respondent in his or her home, had to rate

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