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pulchronomics

pulchronomics noun: the study of the economics related to beauty.

Noun

pulchronomics (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The study of the economics related to beauty.
    • Lookism is a growing area of research interest in economics, termed “pulchronomics”: focus being given to the need to disentangle the confounding variable of levels of productivity from pay penalty and pay premium measures.2016 April 21, Jacqueline Granleese, “Lookism”, in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, →DOI
    • The laws of ‘pulchronomics’ also apply to women, Attractive workers may attract more customers, so perhaps they should be paid more. Hamermesh argues that those who are unattractive should have legal protection.2019, David A. Buchanan, Andrzej Huczynski, Organizational Behaviour, Pearson Education Australia, page 505

Origin of pulchronomics

Blend of Latin pulchrum (“beautiful”) + economics. Coined by economist Daniel S. Hamermesh in 2011.

Questions about pulchronomics

What does pulchronomics mean?
Pulchronomics means the study of the economics related to beauty.
What part of speech is pulchronomics?
Pulchronomics is a noun.

Words near pulchronomics in the dictionary

  1. pulchrifying
  2. pulchritude
  3. pulchritudes
  4. pulchritudinous
  5. pulchritudinously
  6. pulchronomics
  7. pulchrous
  8. puldron
  9. puldrons
  10. pule
  11. Pulecat

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