Honors Program Theses
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Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Lisa K. Jepsen
Keywords
Football players--United States--Salaries, etc.;
Abstract
Previous studies of the National Football League (NFL) players' salaries have used different methods to evaluate the compensation of players in the League. Kahn [ 1991] finds a significant correlation between the race of an NFL player and the racial makeup of the metropolitan area in which he plays. In my study, I use a complete data set of players from the 2005 football season to determine whether race has a measurable impact on players' salaries. My results suggest that race is not a significant factor in determining an NFL player's compensation. Also, customer discrimination does not appear to affect player compensation . These results indicate that individual player characteristics likely account for most differences in player compensation in the NFL.
Year of Submission
2009
Department
Department of Economics
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
5-2009
Object Description
1 PDF file (17 pages)
Copyright
©2009 Joshua Patrick Mahoney
Recommended Citation
Mahoney, Joshua Patrick, "Does Race Affect the Salaries of NFL Players?" (2009). Honors Program Theses. 648.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/648
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