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Using a sample of professional baseball players from 1871-2007, this paper aims at analyzing a longstanding empirical observation that married men earn significantly more than their single counterparts holding all else equal (the "marriage premium"). Baseball is a unique case study because it...
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This paper examines the determinants of head coaching salaries in men’s and women’s collegiate soccer. Both of these sports are considered non-revenue sports, and thus differences in sports revenues should not impact coaching salaries. We analyze salaries of head coaches in these sports to...
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association (NBA) players. Despite the rapid growth in the NBA, particularly in foreign markets, existing literature suggests that … recent data, from the 2010-2011 NBA season to test if foreign-born discrimination persists. The empirical results from this …
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Prior to the ABA coming into existence in 1967, the NBA enjoyed a monopsony in the market for professional basketball … the ABA, though, theoretically should have dramatically reduced the ability of the NBA to exploit its players. The … question this study seeks to answer is how long the monopsonistic power of the NBA survived after the arrival of a rival league …
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