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Eva Sierminska

LISER, Luxembourg, University of Arizona, USA, and IZA, Germany

The IZA World of Labor is an exciting and innovating endeavor that will bring academics and policymakers a step closer to each other. It is exciting to be a part of this project

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Senior Research Economist, LISER, Luxembourg

Research interest

Labor economics, population economics

Website

http://www.sierminska.eu

Past positions

Research Economist, CEPS/INSTEAD Research Institute, 2007–2015

Qualifications

PhD Economics, John Hopkins University, 2003

Selected publications

  • "Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices." Labour Economics 79 (2022) (with R. L. Oaxaca).

  • "Pension wealth and the gender wealth gap." European Journal of Population 38 (2022): 755–810 (with K. Cordova and M. Grabka).

  • "Wealth accumulation and retirement preparedness in cross-national perspective: A gendered analysis of outcomes among single adults." Journal of European of Social Policy 9 (2021) (with J. Gornick).

  • "Field specializations among beginning economists: Are there gender differences?" AEA Papers and Proceedings 111 (2021): 86–91 (with R. L. Oaxaca).

  • “Myth of fact? The beauty premium across the wage distribution in Germany.” Economics Letters 129 (2015) (with K. Doorley).

article(s)

  • Does it pay to be beautiful? Updated

    Physically attractive people can earn more, particularly in customer-facing jobs, and the rewards for men are higher than for women

    Eva SierminskaKaran Singhal, March 2023
    It is a well-established view amongst economists that good-looking people have a better chance of employment and can earn more than those who are less physically attractive. A “beauty premium” is particularly apparent in jobs where there is a productivity gain associated with good looks, though this varies for women and men, and varies across countries. People sort into occupations according to the relative returns to their physical and other characteristics; good-looking people take jobs where physical appearance is deemed important while less-attractive people steer away from them, or they are required to be more productive for the same wage.
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