Disfigurement and future economic wages
The question posed to our LostCompensation.Com Economist:
Does anybody have a reference to a study about appearance and wage?
The case involves a 12 year old whose face was badly disfigured in an automobile accident. He’s had all the surgery possible and apparently no more can be done.
Will this have an impact on his expected earnings (or earnings capacity)?
One possible reference:
Hamermesh and Biddle called "Beauty and the Labor Market" This issue has received a lot of press, along with the apparent evidence that fat women, but not fat men, earn less than women of normal weight. But this work is typically based on people's perceptions of attractiveness (other than the studies based on weight, of course).
Does anybody have a reference to a study about appearance and wage?
The case involves a 12 year old whose face was badly disfigured in an automobile accident. He’s had all the surgery possible and apparently no more can be done.
Will this have an impact on his expected earnings (or earnings capacity)?
One possible reference:
Hamermesh and Biddle called "Beauty and the Labor Market" This issue has received a lot of press, along with the apparent evidence that fat women, but not fat men, earn less than women of normal weight. But this work is typically based on people's perceptions of attractiveness (other than the studies based on weight, of course).
posted by The Experts @ 7:09 PM
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