Determinants of Career Exits and Career Breaks in Women's Professional Basketball

Christopher Jepsen

Journal of Sports Economics, 2023, vol. 24, issue 8, 1055-1075

Abstract: Although economists regularly use sports to study labor-market outcomes, nearly all sports-related studies focus on men. Instead, this paper looks at career breaks and career exits for women's basketball, with a focus on race/ethnicity and country of birth. Data are from the start of the Women's National Basketball Association in 1997 through the 2019 season. White players and foreign-born players have higher likelihoods of leaving the league, conditional on player demographics and productivity.

Keywords: employment; race/ethnicity; immigration; basketball (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/15270025231190647

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