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Compensation Discrimination for Defensive Players: Applying Quantile Regression to the National Football League Market for Defensive Linemen, Linebackers and Defensive Backs

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  • JOhnny Ducking
  • Peter A. Groothuis
  • James Richard Hill

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Two recent articles in the Journal of Sports Economics have analyzed compensation discrimination in the National Football League. Keefer (2013) found white linebackers were paid a premium while Burnett and Van Scyoc (2013) find no white premium for either rookie linebackers or rookie offensive linemen. Following the same techniques we examine the market for all defensive players and three subsets of players: defensive linemen, linebackers, and defensive backs. Our results suggest that labor market discrimination in the NFL is neither systematic nor robust across groups of defensive players. Key Words: National Football League, discrimination, compensation, quantile regression. economics

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  • JOhnny Ducking & Peter A. Groothuis & James Richard Hill, 2014. "Compensation Discrimination for Defensive Players: Applying Quantile Regression to the National Football League Market for Defensive Linemen, Linebackers and Defensive Backs," Working Papers 14-01, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
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    1. Nancy J. Burnett & Lee J. Van Scyoc, 2013. "Compensation Discrimination for Wide Receivers: Applying Quantile Regression to the National Football League," Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, Lifescience Global, vol. 2, pages 433-441.
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