🌅 Today's stat: $2,300

SOURCE

National Bureau of Economic Research

WHAT TO KNOW

• The increased earnings amount to an additional $106,000 over a typical career, suggesting good looks function as their own kind of inherited asset across generations.

WHY IT MATTERS

• Research has consistently shown an association between one’s physical appearance and professional success, suggesting looks play a much larger role in a person’s odds than many of us realize or are willing to admit.

CONNECT THE DOTS

• The finding also aligns with other appearance-based economic advantages, like how height was once strongly correlated with higher income and the likelihood of attaining leadership positions among men.