An assessment of the mating motive explanation of the beauty premium in market-based settings

Enrichetta Ravina

doi:10.1017/S0140525X16000601

An assessment of the mating motive explanation of the beauty premium in market-based settings

Enrichetta Ravina^*

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Abstract

Labor market and real-life studies were not designed to discriminate between evolutionary and taste-based and stereotype explanations for the beauty premium, have too many confounding effects, and lack crucial information. Smaller-stake and experimental studies provide more compelling evidence in favor of mating motives and suggest the direction of future research for the economists' field studies.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e39
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X16000601
State	Published - 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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An assessment of the mating motive explanation of the beauty premium in market-based settings

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