Returns to Handedness in Professional Hockey

Dennis Coates

A chapter in Breaking the Ice, 2017, pp 41-56 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Research in labor economics has examined many determinants of earnings, including whether an individual is left or right handed. Sports economists have recently shown that in the soccer labor market, being able to kick well with both the left and the right foot is rewarded with a salary premium. This paper examines pay and performance for hockey players that shoot left-handed versus those that shoot right-handed. We find that after controlling for goals and assists, time on the ice, player size and age, and team and season fixed effects, players are paid differently by position, and players playing the same position may be paid differently because they shoot left versus right handed. These results suggest that the hockey player labor market is inefficient.

Keywords: Penalty Minutes; Natural Wing; Right-handed Players; Forehand Shot; Right-hand Center (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Working Paper: Returns to handedness in professional hockey (2011)
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-67922-8_3

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