Compensating wage differentials: Evidence from the National Hockey League

Leo H. Kahane

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 241, issue C

Abstract: Using data for 1,471 unrestricted free agent player contracts in the NHL, this paper finds evidence that players are willing to sacrifice earnings to play on a higher quality team, and this tradeoff increases with player age. This result, which is consistent with the theory of compensating wage differentials, is robust to multiple specifications and estimation methodologies.

Keywords: Compensating wage differentials; Labor markets; National Hockey League; Amenities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J41 L83 Z21 Z22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517652400315X
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:241:y:2024:i:c:s016517652400315x

DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111831

Access Statistics for this article

Economics Letters is currently edited by Economics Letters Editorial Office

More articles in Economics Letters from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().