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.