Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250518 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14857
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Supreme Court decision NCAA vs Alston (June 2021) heightened interest in the benefits and costs of participating in sports for student-athletes. Anecdotal evidence about the exploitation of student-athletes was cited in the opinion and the media. Using panel data, we follow two different cohorts of students from high school through college and beyond. We examine the accuracy of the anecdotes as descriptions of the actual experiences of student-athletes. We show that, on average, student-athletes either out-perform or perform the same as observationally identical non-athletes in terms of graduation and post-collegiate salaries. Participation in athletics promotes social mobility.
Subjects: 
social mobility
sports economics
exploitation
JEL: 
Z2
Z22
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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