Members of the public are invited to hear the views of Professor Daniel Hamermesh, Professor of Economics, University of Texas and research associate at the US National Bureau of Economic Research at the King's College Conference Centre, University of Aberdeen on Thursday June 13 at 6pm.
Some of the questions being posed by Professor Hamermesh are; do good looking people get better jobs and earn more money, how much more and why? Do employers discriminate against ugly workers? Does buying clothing and beauty treatments raise earnings potential? Professor Hamermesh said; "The answers to these questions raise issues of gender discrimination and anti-discrimination policy generally."
Professor Hamermesh is visiting the University of Aberdeen to attend a workshop on well-being and labour market performance at the Centre for European Labour Market Research. He has written a wide variety of articles on labour economics and has been published in leading general and specialised journals around the world. His research concentrates on labour demand, time use and unusual applications of labour economics, for example in relation to suicide, sleep and beauty.
The public lecture will be introduced by Professor Peter Sloane, Vice Principal and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law who said; "Professor Daniel Hamermesh is one of the leading labour economists in the USA and has published a lot of innovative work. This talk should be heard by anyone who has a role in hiring labour."