论社会资本中的美貌溢价——基于劳动力社会网络外貌差异的实证

Beauty Premium in Social Capital——Empirical Research Based on Social Network of Labor Force with Appearance Differences

本文利用中国劳动力动态调查中的劳动力基本情况和社会参与以及支持数据,分析中国在职劳动力社会网络中的外貌差异。结果表明,除婚姻、健康和受教育程度等因素以外,身高、身材、长相等外貌特征对在职劳动力的社会网络有显著影响,其中男性身高与体重、女性身高与长相对其社会网络的影响显著。研究证实中国劳动力社会资本中美貌溢价的存在,为美貌经济学研究提供一种关于社会资本的解释。

This paper analyzes the differences of social networks of the in-service labor force in China by using the basic situation and the social participation and support data in Chinese labor force dynamic survey （CLDS）. The results show that the height, weight and facial characteristics have significant influence on the social network of the in-service labor force, except the factors such as marriage, health and education. The male height and female facial characteristics have significant influence on their social network. The study confirms the existence of the beauty premium in the social capital of the labor force, which provides an explanation of the social capital in the study of beauty economics.