Labor Mobility and Racial Discrimination

Pierre Deschamps and José De Sousa ()

No 1501, CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) from CEPREMAP

Abstract: This paper assesses the effects of labor mobility constraints on racial discrimination. Our equilibrium search model shows that these effects follow an inverted U-shaped relationship. In particular, when mobility constraints are low, we find that discrimination disappears. We test this prediction with an exogenous mobility shock on the European soccer labor market. The Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice in 1995 lifted restrictions on soccer player mobility. Using a panel of all clubs in the English first division from 1981 to 2008, we compare the pre- and post-Bosman ruling market. Consistent with a taste-based explanation, we find evidence that wage discrimination disappears when constraints on worker mobility are lowered.

Keywords: labor mobility; labor search; wage discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2015-02
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