In a new working paper, "The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success", I and two colleagues show that beauty does indeed matter in politics. The paper can be accessed here: http://ftp.iza.org/dp2311.pdf
We also argue that beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, in the sense that beauty evaluations are very similar in different countries.
If you would like to participate in our follow-up survey, it is available at http://www.beuatyinpolitics.se
Ben J. Wattenberg is a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He is the moderator of the weekly PBS television program Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, which is now being expanded to include a new one hour program Think Talk . He has served as a presidential speechwriter and advisor for president Lyndon Johnson. Ben also served as an aide and speech-writer to "Scoop" Jackson and VP Hubert Humphrey. He is currently working on a forthcoming book Tales of a Neo-Con ,an accompanying volume of selected posts from this blog, and highlights from the best of Think Tank.
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In a new working paper, "The Looks of a Winner: Beauty, Gender and Electoral Success", I and two colleagues show that beauty does indeed matter in politics. The paper can be accessed here: http://ftp.iza.org/dp2311.pdf
We also argue that beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, in the sense that beauty evaluations are very similar in different countries.
If you would like to participate in our follow-up survey, it is available at http://www.beuatyinpolitics.se
Niclas Berggren
Associate Professor of Economics
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