The Effects of Race on Professional Football Players' Compensation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3409744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence M Kahn (0000-0001-5291-4304, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 295-310 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979399204500207 |
| OpenAlex | W2145425795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 22 |
Using data on 1,363 NFL players from the 1989 season, the author examines the issue of racial discrimination in professional football. He finds that the difference between white and black players' earnings, with controls for performance and other variables, is small (at most, 4%, favoring whites) and, in most equations, not significantly different from zero. Another finding, however, is that the salaries of white and nonwhite players vary positively with the percentages of whites and nonwhites, respectively, in the metropolitan area in which the team is based -suggesting that some football fans prefer to watch players of their own race, and team owners are willing to pay more to players who, because of their race, will attract a larger audience and bring in greater revenue
Advertising · Business · College football · Compensation (psychology) · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Football · Football players · Football team · Geography · Metropolitan area · Political science · Race (biology) · Racism · Revenue · Sociology · White (mutation) · Finance · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society · Transport and Economic Policies
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |