Leif Garrett, Michael Jackson … and the National Bureau of Economic Research?
Marginal Revolution points us to a paper that reports
Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult’s (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs.
We’d like to add the Independent Sources corollary, which is that being attractive as a young adult and becoming unattractive increases the propensity to criminal behavior.
Our evidence? Former pop stars and accused criminals Michael Jackson and Leif Garrett:
| Accused child molester | Accused heroin owner and turnstile jumper | |
| Then: pretty |  |
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| Now: not … |  |
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No word yet on whether David Cassidy’s been caught, but we’re researching it. And stay away from those Hanson dudes …
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