Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Francisco B. Galarza
Author-X-Name-First: Francisco B. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Galarza
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad del Pacífico
Author-Name: Gustavo Yamada
Author-X-Name-First: Gustavo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yamada
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad del Pacífico
Title: Triple penalty in employment access: The role of beauty, race, and sex
Abstract: This article reports the results from a first experiment specifically designed to disentangle
	the effect of beauty from that of race in the observed labor market discrimination, for both
	females and males in Peru. We randomly assigned Quechua and white surnames and
	(subjectively perceived) attractive or homely-looking photographs (or no photos) to 4,899
	fictitious résumés sent in response to 1,247 job openings. We find that candidates who are
	physically attractive, have a white-sounding surname, and are males, receive 82%, 54%, and
	34% more callbacks for job interviews than their similarly-qualified counterparts, thus
	imposing a triple penalty on homely-looking, indigenous, and female job candidates. We
	further find that the intensity of discrimination by race and physical appearance differs for
	males and females; the intensity of discrimination by physical appearance and sex differs
	for Quechua and white applicants; and the intensity of racial and sexual discrimination differs
	for beautiful and homely-looking persons.
Classification-JEL: C93, J71
Keywords: discrimination, labour market, beauty, race, sex, Peru
Journal: Journal of Applied Economics
Pages: 29-47
Number: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2017
Month: May
File-URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15140326/20/1
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Handle: RePEc:cem:jaecon:v:20:y:2017:n:1:p:29-47