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

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Hamermesh, Daniel S

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TextPublication details: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011.Description: xii, 216 p. : ill. b&w ; 23 cmISBN:

9780691158174

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DDC classification:

650.1

Contents:

Pt. 1. Background to beauty. Ch. 1. The economics of beauty. Ch. 2. In the eye of the beholder -- Pt. 2. Beauty on the job: what and why. Ch. 3. Beauty and the worker. Ch. 4. Beauty in specific occupations. Ch. 5. Beauty and the employer. Ch. 6. Lookism or productive beauty, and why? -- Pt. 3. Beauty in love, loans, and law. Ch. 7. Beauty in markets for friends, family, and funds. Ch. 8. Legal protection for the ugly -- Pt. 4. The future of looks. Ch. 9. Prospects for the looks-challenged.

Summary: Most of us know there is a payoff to looking good, and in the quest for beauty we spend countless hours and billions of dollars on personal grooming, cosmetics, and plastic surgery. But how much better off are the better looking? Based on the evidence, quite a lot. It's the first to seriously measure the advantages of beauty, demostrating how society favors the beautiful and how better-looking people experience startling but undeniable benefits in all aspects of life.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	650.1 HAM bea (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10222

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Background to beauty.
Ch. 1. The economics of beauty.
Ch. 2. In the eye of the beholder --
Pt. 2. Beauty on the job: what and why.
Ch. 3. Beauty and the worker.
Ch. 4. Beauty in specific occupations.
Ch. 5. Beauty and the employer.
Ch. 6. Lookism or productive beauty, and why? --
Pt. 3. Beauty in love, loans, and law.
Ch. 7. Beauty in markets for friends, family, and funds.
Ch. 8. Legal protection for the ugly --
Pt. 4. The future of looks.
Ch. 9. Prospects for the looks-challenged.

Most of us know there is a payoff to looking good, and in the quest for beauty we spend countless hours and billions of dollars on personal grooming, cosmetics, and plastic surgery. But how much better off are the better looking? Based on the evidence, quite a lot. It's the first to seriously measure the advantages of beauty, demostrating how society favors the beautiful and how better-looking people experience startling but undeniable benefits in all aspects of life.

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