Beauty and the sources of discrimination

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 851-872

  Belot, Michéle ^a   Bhaskar, V ^b   van de Ven, Jeroen ^c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84863733419     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.47.3.851     Document Type: Article

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