Professional Labor Markets in the <i>Journal of Sports Economics</i>

Simmons, Robert

doi:10.1177/15270025211051062

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“…Our estimates are reported in Table 4. Estimation of player salary models with player fixed effects is unusual in the literature (Simmons, 2022). Drut and Duhautois (2017) and Kempa (2022) are notable exceptions that apply player fixed effects to salary data of European soccer players.…”

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“…Employer ability to pay is similar throughout the league. Unusually, for salary models of sports leagues, we also report estimates of () with player fixed effects added to utilise our longitudinal data set and control for unobserved heterogeneity across players (Simmons, 2022). When we do this, the effects of time‐invariant variables, that is, draft round dummy variables will drop out.…”

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The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League

2022

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This paper seeks to econometrically determine differences in salary returns to attributes of quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL), by race. We analyse salary determination of 215 White and Black quarterbacks over 2006 through 2020 with separate equations estimated for each group. Our analysis indicates that top draft pick evaluations persist into future pay setting for each group. However, there is a faster rate of decay of early draft round salary premium for Black quarterbacks. This is found to be robust across different estimations. This result is indicative of differential treatment in pay setting for Black quarterbacks.

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The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League

2022

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“…Simmons summarized the research findings of papers published in Journal of Sports Economics on the workings of professional sports labor markets. In sum, the evidence of hiring and exit discrimination in various leagues looks stronger than the evidence for salary discrimination [ 21 ].…”

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The impact of national culture, altruism, and risk preference on salaries: The case of the Major League Baseball

Jane

Wang

2023

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Based on the longitudinal data of 30 Major League Baseball (MLB) teams over seasons from 2017 to 2020, we used random effect (RE) models to conduct regression analyses on the detailed data of pitchers and fielders. Cultural distance (CD) was measured in terms of Hofstede’s cultural indicators and Global Preference Survey (GPS) data. The results showed that salary premiums for foreign MLB players existed and CD was significantly positively correlated with salaries. Further, the risk preference (/altruism) difference between foreign pitchers and American pitchers was significantly positively (/negatively) correlated with the salaries of foreign pitchers. Salary estimation data showed that the salary premium was nearly 20% for players from South Korea and Panama, the lowest (only 0.11%) for players from Australia, and only 6.13% for players from Dominican Republic (accounting for the largest proportion of foreign MLB players), indicating that the MLB’s foreign player recruitment policy is correct.

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“…It is now broadly accepted that there are many advantages to using data from sports labor markets to consider questions in labor economics (Kahn, 2000; Simmons, 2022). In our analysis, we use panel data for professional football (soccer) players in the United States and Canada.…”

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The age‐wage‐productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earners

Scarfe,

Singleton,

Sunmoni

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Economic Inquiry

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There is an inverted u‐shaped relationship between age and wages in most labor markets, but the effects of age on productivity are often unclear. We use panel data in a market of high earners, professional footballers (soccer players) in North America, to estimate age‐productivity and age‐wage profiles. We find stark differences; wages increase for several years after productivity has peaked, before dropping sharply at the end of a career. This poses the question: why are middle‐aged workers seemingly overpaid? We investigate a range of possible mechanisms that could be responsible, only finding evidence that tentatively supports a talent discovery theory.

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Professional Labor Markets in the Journal of Sports Economics

Cited by 10 publications

References 73 publications

The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League

The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League

The impact of national culture, altruism, and risk preference on salaries: The case of the Major League Baseball

The age‐wage‐productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earners

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