Race and Retention in a Competitive Labor Market

Daniel LaFave, Randy Nelson and Michael Doherty

Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, vol. 19, issue 3, 417-451

Abstract: Between 1994 and 2013, Black head coaches of Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball programs were more likely to be terminated than their White counterparts, adjusting for performance and characteristics of the coach. Controlling for employment at a historically Black college or university, which accounts for approximately a quarter of the Black coaches in our sample, overturns this result. The findings highlight the importance of understanding institutional environments when assessing discrimination in labor market outcomes.

Keywords: discrimination; NCAA basketball; HBCU; hazard models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002516637650

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