participation in sports for student athletes. Anecdotes about the exploitation of student athletes were cited in the opinion. This … paper uses panel data for two different cohorts that follow students from high school through college and into their post …-school pursuits to examine the generality of these anecdotes. On average, student athletes' benefit- often substantially so--in terms …

positions in the organizations they join. We also find that athletes from more socioeconomically diverse sports teams and from …This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team …-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post …