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The Economic Benefits of Beauty
Could looks amount to a 12% difference in wages between two people?
Consider what UT Economist and PUP author Daniel Hamermesh has to say about beauty’s impact on economic benefits:
This is the fourth of five videos in which Hamermesh explains some of the research he did for Beauty Pays. Tomorrow: “The scarcity of beauty.”
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This video and the facts presented seem to be undesirably true. In my opinion, due to the path media and television have taken by making beauty a glamorous trait that we cannot live without, beauty in the workplace has taken hold in society. Not only in America but around the world has this beautification-epidemic shattered true thought. AS I watch television or a movie, I can see the strain of “having to have beauty” in virtually every dialogue. The workplace is no different. I can easily understand how a woman with fantastic looks can make more money than a woman with less. The same goes for men. Sad, but true. This is a great video.