What’s Behind Her Smile? Health, Looks, and Self-Esteem

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dc.contributor.authorGallego Yañez, Francisco Antonio
dc.contributor.authorLarroulet Philippi, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorRepetto Lisboa, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-16T17:17:41Z
dc.date.available2025-04-16T17:17:41Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines how improving dental health affects economic, social, and psychological outcomes. In a randomized experiment, we provide a low-income group free dental care, including prostheses, and find significant and persistent impacts on men’s and women’s dental and self-perceived mental health. For women, treatment generates improvement in self-esteem, a higher likelihood of smiling when photographed, short-run improvements in employment and earnings, and improvement in partner interactions. We find no impact for men in these dimensions. Heterogeneity analyses suggest that treatment effects on labor market outcomes are larger for women with more severe visible dental issues at baseline.
dc.description.funderANID/FONDECYT; Project No. 120539
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.doi10.1257/app.20210248
dc.identifier.issn1945-7790
dc.identifier.scopusidScopus_ID:85189451557
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210248
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/103331
dc.identifier.wosidWoS_ID: 001237947900011
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Economía y Administración; Gallego Yañez, Francisco Antonio; 0000-0002-2252-891X; 94445
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Economía y Administración; Larroulet Philippi, Cristian; S/I; 148762
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Economía y Administración; Repetto Lisboa, Andrea; S/I; 73880
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.pagina.final388
dc.pagina.inicio359
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Association
dc.revistaAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.deweyEconomíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods03 Good health and well-being
dc.subject.ods08 Decent work and economic growth
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y Bienestar
dc.subject.odspa08 Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
dc.titleWhat’s Behind Her Smile? Health, Looks, and Self-Esteem
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen16
sipa.codpersvinculados94445
sipa.codpersvinculados148762
sipa.codpersvinculados73880
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sipa.trazabilidadScopus;2024-04-14
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