Beauty, productivity, and discrimination: Lawyers' looks and lucre

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 172-201

  Biddle, Jeff E ^b   Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032351203     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/209886     Document Type: Article

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