Effects of physical attractiveness, personality, and grooming on academic performance in high school

Labour Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-382

  French, Michael T ^a   Robins, Philip K ^b   Homer, Jenny F ^b   Tapsell, Lauren M ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Grooming; High school grades; Personality; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349283427     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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