This article analyzes the effect of three aspects of physical attractiveness (facial attractiveness, Body Mass Index and height) on socio-economic and marital success over the life course. In a sample of high school graduates from Wisconsin followed from their late teens and until their mid-60s, I find that (1. taller men have higher earnings than…

Income data for 413 male Wisconsin high school graduates whose first marriages ended in divorce or separation are used in this study to analyze the relationship of men's earnings to their probability of remarriage. A review of related literature is provided to illustrate the hypothesis that the higher a man's earnings are, the more likely he is to…

This study presents new evidence on the relationship between high school inputs measured at the time male respondents attended high school and the earnings of these same individuals when they were in their mid-thirties. To accomplish this task, newly coded data on the characteristics of Wisconsin high schools in 1954-57 were matched to the…

"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Bush Budget Proposes Spending Freeze for U.S. Department of Education: Title I, Striving Readers, Statewide Data…