Graduation Year
2017
Date of Submission
4-2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Heather Antecol
Rights Information
© 2017 Matthew Swift
Abstract
Using data from the 2014-2016 Major League Soccer (MLS) seasons, this paper finds evidence for nationality discrimination in the MLS. In particular, foreign players receive a wage premium of 15.97 percent, ceteris paribus. Foreign players also receive an additional bump in their salary based on performance. Finally, using an Oaxaca (1973) decomposition, I find that 22-26% of the differences in wages between foreign and domestic players is largely due to discrimination.
Recommended Citation
Swift, Matthew, "Testing for Nationality Discrimination in Major League Soccer" (2017). CMC Senior Theses. 1687.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1687
