Beauty, Productivity, and Discrimination: Lawyers' Looks and Lucre
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- Jeff E. Biddle & Daniel S. Hamermesh, 1995. "Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination: Lawyers' Looks and Lucre," NBER Working Papers 5366, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
- J19 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Other
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