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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Effect of Time Spent Grooming on Earnings

Jayoti Das
Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

Stephen B. DeLoach
Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business


June 08, 2009


Abstract:     
To most economists, personal grooming is a non-market activity. The standard view is that time spent in non-market activities is counterproductive as it reduces work effort and job commitment. But grooming may be different. Grooming provides an important source of communication about workers, their values and personalities. There is reason to believe that certain productive personality traits may be inferred on the basis of personal grooming. In this paper, we use data from the American Time Use survey’s pooled cross-section 2003-2007 to investigate the effect of additional time spent grooming on earnings. The results show that the effect of grooming on earnings differs significantly by gender and race.

Keywords: beauty, wages, grooming, ATUS

JEL Classifications: J3, J7

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Date posted: September 18, 2007 ; Last revised: June 12, 2009

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Das, Jayoti and DeLoach, Stephen B., Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Effect of Time Spent Grooming on Earnings (June 08, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1013649


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Stephen B. DeLoach (Contact Author)
Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business ( email )
Department of Economics
Campus Box 2075
Elon, NC 27244
United States
336-278-5943 (Phone)
336-278-5952 (Fax)
Jayoti Das
Elon University - Martha and Spencer Love School of Business ( email )
Department of Economics
Campus Box 2075
Elon, NC 27244
United States
336-278-5941 (Phone)
336-278-5952 (Fax)
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