The Salary Discrimination in NBA
| Autor: | Bc. Vojtěch Pacák |
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| Rok: | 2016 - letní |
| Vedoucí: | Václav Korbel Ph.D. |
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| Typ práce: | Bakalářská |
| Jazyk: | Anglicky |
| Stránky: | 47 |
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| Odkaz: | https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/165720/ |
| Abstrakt: | Discrimination is commonly investigated throughout the labor market. This empirical study investigates salary discrimination in National basketball association. In last three decades, plenty of papers concerning this behavior have been published. However, results of them are not consistent. We use the most current data and adjusted previous models to reveal today's situation. We create a unique dataset based on statistics and personal qualities, both available on the official website of the league. We suggested two approaches that should capture different kinds of managers' thinking. The first approach controls for statistics from last three seasons, whereas the second approach covers all-career performance. For this study we used salaries from last five seasons with different sample in each period. As our sample is example of independently pooled cross sections, Ordinary Least Squares method can be used. By controlling for dummy variable white, we are able to immediately comment on salary differences between black and white players. We have not found any patterns of salary discrimination between blacks and whites variables. However, we found significant benefit given to centers. This may explain originally reported benefit for white players, as white players are on average significantly taller than blacks, and first studies did not control for players' height. |
