Compensation Discrimination for Wide Receivers: Applying Quantile Regression to the National Football League
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https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2013.02.30Keywords:
National Football League, discrimination, compensation, rookie, quantile regressionAbstract
Keefer's recent article in the Journal of Sports Economics (2013) finds evidence of wage discrimination in the National Football League (NFL) market for linebackers. We examine the market for NFL wide receivers using similar techniques as Keefer, though we explore only rookies rather than all current players and wide receivers rather than linebackers. While we would expect to find stronger evidence of discrimination in the rookie market, as rookies are captured sellers, we find no pervasive pattern of pay discrimination by race in this market.
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Berri, David J. and Simmons, Robert. (2009) Race and evaluation of signal callers in the National Football League, Journal of Sports Economics, 10(23), 23-43.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527002508327383
Burnett, Nancy and Lee J. Van Scyoc (forthcoming) Compensation discrimination for defensive players: applying quantile regression to the National Football League market for linebackers and offensive linemen, Journal of Sports Economics.
Burnett, Nancy and Lee J. Van Scyoc (2004) Discriminating Buyers of Baseball Cards: Does Race Affect Value? Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 5(3), 101-110.
Gius, Mark and Johnson, Donn (2000) Race and compensation in professional football, Applied Economics Letters, 7(2), 73-75.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/135048500351843
Hellerstein, Judith K., David Neumark, and Kenneth R. Troske (2002) Market Forces and Sex Discrimination, The Journal of Human Resources, 37(2), 353-380.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3069651
Kahn, Lawrence M. (1992) The effects of race on professional football players’ compensation, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 45(2), 295-310.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2524836
Keefer, Quinn Andrew Wesley (2013) Compensation discrimination for defensive players: applying quantile regression to the National Football League market for linebackers, Journal of Sports Economics, February 14(1), 23-44.
Koenker, Roger and Bassett, Gilbert, Jr. (1978). Regression Quantiles. Econometrica, 46, 33-50.
Melly, Blaise (2006). Applied quantile regression.(Doctoral dissertation). University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Mogul, Robert G. (1973) Football salaries and race: some empirical evidence, Industrial Relations, 12(1), 109-112.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1973.tb00539.x
Mogul, Robert G. (1981) Salary discrimination in professional sports, Atlantic Economic Journal, 9(3), 106-110.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02300603
Vincent, Claudeand Eastman, Byron. (2009). Determinants of pay on the NHL: A quantile regression approach. Journal of Sports Economics, 10, 256-277.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1527002508327519
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2013-12-09
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Burnett, N. J., & Scyoc, L. J. V. (2013). Compensation Discrimination for Wide Receivers: Applying Quantile Regression to the National Football League. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 2, 433–441. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2013.02.30
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