Is Racial Salary Discrimination Disappearing in the NBA? Evidence from Data during 1985--2015
Is Racial Salary Discrimination Disappearing in the NBA? Evidence from Data during 1985--2015
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NBA 种族薪资歧视会消失吗？
DOI：
10.1080/02692171.2017.1303037
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Hisahiro Naito and Yu Takagi
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作者：
Daiji Kawaguchi;Hisahiro Naito;and Izumi Yokoyama;鈴木真也;福西隆弘;Hisahiro Naito and Yu Takagi
本研究通过构建一个覆盖1985-1986至2015-2016赛季的长期不平衡面板，重新审视了nba球员的种族工资差距。与之前的研究结果相反，我们发现，在20世纪80年代和90年代，非白人球员与具有相似特征的白人球员的薪酬是平等的，但在过去的10年里，白人球员的薪酬开始比非白人球员高出约20%。我们的结果对于所有规格检查都是稳健的，例如分位数回归、控制样本选择、不同的合同类型和玩家国籍。我们发现雇主偏好和白人和黑人居民的收入差距都不能解释这种不断扩大的工资差距。
This study re-examines the racial salary gap of National Basketball Association players by constructing a long unbalanced panel covering the 1985–1986 to 2015–2016 seasons. Contrary to the results of previous studies, we find that non-white players are paid equally to white players with similar characteristics in the 1980s and 1990s, but that white players started to be paid about 20% more than non-white players in the last 10 years. Our results are robust to all specification checks, such as quantile regressions, controlling sample selection, different contract types, and player nationality. We find that neither employer preference nor income gap of white and black residents explains this increasing salary gap.