Beauty pays : why attractive people are more successful /

Hamermesh, Daniel S.

Beauty pays : why attractive people are more successful / Daniel S. Hamermesh. - Princeton, NJ ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011. - xii, 216 p. : portraits ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background to beauty -- The economics of beauty -- In the eye of the beholder -- Beauty on the job: what and why -- Beauty and the worker -- Beauty in specific occupations -- Beauty and the employer -- Lookism or productive beauty, and why? -- Beauty in love, loans, and law -- Beauty in markets for friends, family, and funds -- Legal protection for the ugly -- The future of looks -- Prospects for the looks-challenged.

9780691140469 (hardcover)

2011013548


Success in business.
Success.
Beauty, Personal.

HF5386 / .H243 2011

650.1 HAM