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研究：长得帅薪水也高 A handsome man can earn a fifth more than a plainer colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown. 新研究表明，帅哥比长相普通的同事薪水多出五分之一，但美女赚的钱却不会比相貌平平的同事更多。 ? The study by senior economists found that being good-looking meant male workers could earn 22 percent more than average-looking colleagues. ? Researchers said good looks did not give women a similar advantage. ? Andrew Leigh, the former economics professor at the Australian National University who co-authored the report, said: Beauty can be a double-edged sword for women. ? Some people still believe good looks and intelligence are incompatible（矛盾的） in women so a good-looking woman cant be that productive, but theres no dumb-blonde syndrome affecting mens pay. ? He said that although he believed good-looking women may also earn more, the research did not support his theory. ? The research found that handsome men in all jobs, from manual labour to highly-paid professional careers, can earn 22 percent more than their colleagues doing an identical role. ? Men with below-average looks face an uphill battle in the office, with ugliness reducing a mans earnings by 26 percent compared to an average-looking worker. ? Former male model Ian Mitchell, 28, who has a first class degree in history from Edinburgh and now works for a cosmetics company, told the Sunday Times: It gives you confidence, and I suspect people tend to warm to you more quickly. ? The study, entitled Unpacking the Beauty Premium, was the largest exercise of its kind and repeated a survey from 1984 to see if the beauty premium had changed. ? Leigh said the research showed people in the workplace were lookist and he hoped the findings would encourage employers to reverse（颠倒） their prejudice.