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Obesity, Attractiveness, and Differential Treatment in Hiring

A Field Experiment

Dan-Olof Rooth
Journal of Human Resources, July 2009, 44 (3) 710-735; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.3.710
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vol. 44 no. 3 710-735
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.3.710
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received May 1, 2007
  • Accepted March 1, 2008
  • Published online June 25, 2009.
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© 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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