Healthier, more intelligent people earn better, says study
Posted on: 23/Feb/2017 9:47:42 AM
A new study has said that healthier, more intelligent people have superior personality traits are preferred more for taking fatter pay checks home than those who are aesthetically compromised. The study appeared in Springer`s Journal of Business and Psychology. The study was conducted by researchers from the London School of Economics and the University of Massachusetts in Boston
The findings show that population-based surveys showed that people who are physically attractive earn more than the average Joe or Jane, while those who are aesthetically compromised - that gives pleasure through beauty - earn less.
The study measured physical attractiveness of all respondents on a five-point scale at four different points in life over 13 years. Healthier and more intelligent respondents and those with more conscientious, more extraverted and less Neurotic personality traits earned significantly more than others.
Speaking about this, the researchers said, Physically more attractive workers may earn more, not necessarily because they are more beautiful, but because they are healthier, more intelligent and have better personality traits conducive to higher earnings, such as being more conscientious, more extraverted and less Neurotic.
