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Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration

Budd, John W.; Sojourner, Aaron J.; Jung, Jaewoo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper empirically examines the widespread belief that voluntarily negotiated agreements produce better long-run relationships than third-party imposed settlements, such as arbitrator decisions or court judgments. Two key outcomes are analyzed – subsequent player performance and the...

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Good Girl, Bad Boy: Corrupt Behavior in Professional Tennis

Jetter, Michael; Walker, Jay K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

incentives are further increased. Finally, the market for sports betting does not seem to be aware of this phenomenon, suggesting …

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Too Busy for School? The Effect of Athletic Participation on Absenteeism

Cuffe, Harold E.; Waddell, Glen R.; Bignell, Wesley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...

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Rottenberg and the Economics of Sport after 50 Years: An Evaluation

Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

starting point for the development of the economics of sport. While he recognised that certain features of professional sports … considerable debate amongst sports economists. In particular the assumption of profit maximisation has been challenged and a … divergence of views, reflected in the so-called North American and European models of sports leagues has emerged. Over the last …

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The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany

Pfeifer, Christian; Cornelißen, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical … Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport … into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and …

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The Contribution of Managers to Organizational Success: Evidence from German Soccer

Hentschel, Sandra; Muehlheusser, Gerd; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We study the impact of managers on the success of professional soccer teams using data from the German "Bundesliga". We evaluate the performance impact of individual managers by estimating regression models that include both team and manager fixed effects, where we are exploiting the high...

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Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches

Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper estimates racial differences in the retention probability, pay and performance of NBA coaches over the 1996-2003 period. Using a hazard function approach, I find small and statistically insignificant racial differences in the exit hazard, conditional on team performance, team payroll,...

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Human Capital and Career Success: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Frederiksen, Anders; Kato, Takao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Denmark's registry data provide accurate and complete career history data along with detailed personal characteristics (e.g., education, gender, work experience, tenure and others) for the population of Danish workers longitudinally. By using such data from 1992 to 2002, we provide rigorous...

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Gender Gaps in Spain: Family Issues and the Career Development of College Educated Men and Women

González de San Román, Ainara; de la Rica, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Our goal in this paper is to focus on highly educated men and women and try to explore the trade‐offs between family and working career in Spain, where changes in female behavior with respect to the labor market have been relatively recent but rather important. We compare male and female...

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The Occupational Attainment of American Jewry: 1990 to 2000

Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper compares the occupational distributions in 1990 and 2000 of adult white men and women for American Jews and non-Jews, after adjusting for the changes in occupational classifications. The data are from the microdata files from the National Jewish Population Surveys (1990, 2000/01) and...

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