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Are NBA Fans Becoming Indifferent to Race? Evidence From the 1990s
Burdekin, Richard C. K.; Hossfeld, Richard T.; Smith, … - In: Journal of Sports Economics 6 (2005) 2, pp. 144-159
Previous work found the racial composition of NBA teams to be positively correlated with the racial composition of their metropolitan markets in the 1980s. We find continued evidence of this relationship during the 1990s, with accompanying revenue gains from the inclusion of White players on...
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Race and Ethnicity Assessment in Baseball Card Markets
Fort, Rodney; Gill, Andrew - In: Journal of Sports Economics 1 (2000) 1, pp. 21-38
There is a growing literature investigating fan discrimination revealed in markets for sports memorabilia. Such … estimates miss the mark for two reasons. First, simply measuring race as a binary variable may be less insightful than an … alternative measure. Second, although it is the race perceptions of market participants that matter, past studies rely exclusively …
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The Effects of Gender and Race on Salary Growth: The Role of Occupational Structure in a Service Sector Firm
Mellor, Jennifer M.; Paulin, Elizabeth A. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 21 (1995) 3, pp. 375-392
special attention given to the roles of gender and race. While the analysis reveals no overt bias in salary growth decisions …
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Race, Ethnicity and High Cost Mortgage Lending
Bayer, Patrick; Ferreira, Francisco; Ross, Stephen L. - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2014
This paper examines how high cost mortgage lending varies by race and ethnicity. It uses a unique panel data that …
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Race, Ethnicity and High Cost Mortgage Lending
Bayer, Patrick; Ferreira, Fernando V.; Ross, Stephen - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2014
This paper examines how high cost mortgage lending varies by race and ethnicity. It uses a unique panel data that …
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Race and Marriage in the Labor Market: A Discrimination Correspondence Study in a Developing Country
Arceo-Gomez, Eva O.; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
market using official statistics since race can only be inferred from native language. Moreover, employers may think that …
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What happens when employers are free to discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League
Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Research on employers’ hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...
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The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the U.S., 1940-2010: The Gains and Losses of Gender-Race/Ethnicity Groups
Rio, Coral del; Alonso-Villar, Olga - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2014
only for academics but also for institutions concerned with inequalities related to gender, race, ethnicity, and migration …
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The Evolution of gender and racial occupational segregation in Brazil - 1987 to 2006: Differences between formal and non-formal labour markets
Salardi, Paola - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012
it comparatively worrisome; second, while occupational segregation is declining by both gender and race, the decline has …
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What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League
Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Research on employers' hiring discrimination is limited by the unlawfulness of such activity. Consequently, researchers have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League, where employers can freely exercise their taste for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959773