Beauty pays : why attractive people are more successful / Daniel S. Hamermesh.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamermesh, Daniel S.
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Success in business.
Success.
Beauty, Personal.
Physical Description:xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.