“Beauty” premium for social scientists but “unattractiveness” premium for natural scientists in the public speaking market
Abstract In the face of scientists’ increasing engagement in public discourse, we examine whether facial attractiveness affects their market value (i.e., audience willingness to pay). For a sample of scientists who participate in public speaking, we find that facial attractiveness is uncorrelated wi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2020-10-01
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Series: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-00608-6 |