A Market Test for Discrimination in the English Professional Soccer Leagues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10179342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Szymanski (0000-0001-8060-4717, Imperial Valley College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 590-603 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3808 • E-ISSN: 1537-534X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/262130 |
| OpenAlex | W4255722768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 15 |
This paper proposes a market test for racial discrimination in salary setting in English league soccer over the period 1978–93 using a balanced panel of 39 clubs. If there is a competitive market for the services of players, the wage bill of the club will reflect their productivity and hence the performance of the club in the league. Discrimination can be said to exist if clubs fielding an above‐average proportion of black players systematically outperform clubs with a below‐average proportion of black players, after one controls for the wage bill. Statistically significant evidence of discrimination in this sense is found
Advertising · Business · Club · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · League · Market economy · Panel data · Productivity · Salary · Sports economics · Test (biology · Wage · Medicine · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,96 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |