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University of Miami
Do good looks get high school students good grades?
May 7th, 2009
CORAL GABLES, FL (April 22, 2009)--Do personal traits predict success in school' If so, which dimension of one's outward appearance can tell the most about academic achievement' The answers to these questions are found in a new study by researchers from the University of Miami Health Economics Research Group. The study is the first to demonstrate that non-cognitive traits play an important role in the assignment of grades in high school. Economists have examined the role that beauty plays on the type of employment, earnings, productivity and the likelihood of politicians being elected to office, and have wondered if "beauty premiums" and "plainness penalties" in the labor market come from...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-07)
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