Graduation Year
2021
Date of Submission
11-2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Serkan Ozbeklik
Reader 2
Heather Antecol
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OCLC Record Number
1243274565
Abstract
Using data from the 2019/2020 Serie A season, this paper finds evidence for racial wage discrimination in Italian soccer. Notably, in my pooled regression, I find that non-white players receive a log-wage premium of 16.18% relative to white players, all else constant. When running separate underlying regressions by race, I find that non-white players also receive a significant additional premium based on years of experience (age). Finally, using an Oaxaca (1973) Decomposition, I find that 28-42% of the differences in wages between non-white and white players is due to discrimination.
Recommended Citation
Joseph, Nate, "The Racial Wage Gap in Italian Soccer: Evidence from the 2019/2020 Serie A Season" (2021). CMC Senior Theses. 2577.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2577
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