2022/08/06 by Adrian Mehic · 1 voice · 1 citation
Psychology · Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
paper · doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110782
This paper examines the role of student facial attractiveness on academic outcomes under various forms of instruction, using data from engineering students in Sweden. When education is in-person, attractive students receive higher grades in non-quantitative subjects, in which teachers tend to interact more with students compared to quantitative courses. This finding holds both for males and females. When instruction moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic, the grades of attractive female students deteriorated in non-quantitative subjects. However, the beauty premium persisted for males, suggesting that discrimination is a salient factor in explaining the grade beauty premium for females only.