• DOI:10.1353/jhr.2009.0027
Corpus ID: 143082002

Obesity, Attractiveness, and Differential Treatment in Hiring: A Field Experiment

@article{Rooth2009ObesityAA,
  title={Obesity, Attractiveness, and Differential Treatment in Hiring: A Field Experiment},
  author={Dan-Olof Rooth},
  journal={Journal of Human Resources},
  year={2009},
  volume={44},
  pages={710 - 735}
}

Dan-Olof Rooth

Published 2009

Economics

Journal of Human Resources

This study presents evidence of differential treatment in the hiring of obese individuals in the Swedish labor market. Fictitious applications were sent to real job openings. The applications were sent in pairs, where one facial photo of an otherwise identical applicant was manipulated to show the individual as obese. Applications sent with the weight-manipulated photo had a significantly lower callback response for an interview: Six percentage points lower for men and eight percentage points… CONTINUE READING

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