Women who wear makeup are paid more, according to bummer study
Women who wear makeup are paid more, according to bummer study
- May 20, 2016
- Research by Andrew Penner, sociologist, and Jaclyn Wong, sociology alumnus, featured in Bustle, May 20, 2016
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In a study published in the June 2016 Journal of Social Stratification and Mobility, researchers Jaclyn Wong of the University of Chicago and Andrew Penner of the University of California, Irvine tested the "attractiveness-income relationship," or whether a person's attractiveness is a factor in how much money they earn (spoiler alert: It is).
For the full story, please visit http://www.bustle.com/articles/162092-women-who-wear-makeup-are-paid-more-according-to-bummer-study.
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