the umpire and pitcher match race/ethnicity. This effect only exists where there is little scrutiny of umpires' behavior … cannot determine the outcome of the at-bat. If a pitcher shares the home-plate umpire's race/ethnicity, he gives up fewer … measures of salary discrimination that adjust for measured productivity may be flawed. We derive the magnitude of the bias …

We investigate the extent and underlying mechanisms of how race beliefs associated with applicants' names affect hiring … lower levels of education, productivity and noncognitive skills. Notably, this race penalty persists when considering only … variation in race perception for the same name and when omitting distinctly Black names. Conducting an incentivized hiring …

According to Becker's (1957) theory of taste-based employer discrimination, pure economic rents are necessary for … discrimination to be observed in the labor market. Increased competition and reduced rents in the market for final goods should … therefore lead to reduced labor market discrimination. We look at the natural experiment represented by the Brazilian trade …

A rich literature shows that ethnic discrimination is an omnipresent and highly persistent phenomenon. Little is known …, however, about how to reduce discrimination. This study reports the results of a large-scale field experiment we ran together … with the Norwegian Football Federation. The federation sent an email to a random selection of about 500 amateur soccer …

prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. We find that …

international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa …

We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …

responsibility implies better sport performance and higher chances to qualify for the Champions and Europa Leagues …This paper evaluates the European football clubs' compliance with UEFA Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations and the … effect of financial stability on sport achievements. The empirical analysis uses data of teams competing in the 1st division …

subsequent economic effects to those of other types of football injuries. Our other contribution is to study the role of race in … American professional football. One is to examine an increasingly important specific injury, concussions, and compare its … understanding injury risk and severity and their resulting economic consequences, which has been overlooked in previous sports …

The study examines whether age intersects with gender and race during the initial stage of the hiring process and … are sorted into lower-paid jobs than younger White British men. The level of age discrimination is found to be higher for … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …