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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Christopher A.en
dc.contributor.authorSulaeman, Johanen
dc.contributor.authorYates, Michael C.en
dc.contributor.authorHamermesh, Daniel S.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-21-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:51:25Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:51:25Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2009010764en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35400-
dc.description.abstractWe explore how umpires' racial/ethnic preferences are expressed in their evaluation of Major League Baseball pitchers. Controlling for umpire, pitcher, batter and catcher fixed effects and many other factors, strikes are more likely to be called if the umpire and pitcher match race/ethnicity. This effect only exists where there is little scrutiny of umpires' behavior - in ballparks without computerized systems monitoring umpires' calls, at poorly attended games, and when the called pitch cannot determine the outcome of the at-bat. If a pitcher shares the home-plate umpire's race/ethnicity, he gives up fewer hits, strikes out more batters, and improves his team's chance of winning. The general implication is that standard measures of salary discrimination that adjust for measured productivity may be flawed. We derive the magnitude of the bias generally and apply it to several examples.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3899en
dc.subject.jelJ44en
dc.subject.jelJ71en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWage equationsen
dc.subject.keywordworker evaluationen
dc.subject.keywordstrategic interactionsen
dc.subject.keywordeconomics of sportsen
dc.subject.stwEthnische Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwRasseen
dc.subject.stwDiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwBewertungen
dc.subject.stwProfessioneller Sporten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleStrike three: umpires' demand for discrimination-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589759604en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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