Good looks equal higher pay. According to this New York Times article a few days ago, studies have estimated that unattractive men and women earn five to ten percent less than those considered attractive or beautiful. This was a study published in the American Economic Review in 1994.

Does that hold true across the board? Well, again in 2005, another study was published concluding that the “discrimination was consistent across occupations, so that even a computer programmer buried behind a desk could suffer from the plainness penalty.” Interesting. Read the rest of this entry »