Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207382 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12556
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Similar to other workers in industrial settings NFL running backs can choose to provide additional work effort with possible negative health consequences. We find that the most informative measure for running backs is yards gained after contact, which not only increases total rushing yards but also increases injuries that can cause subsequent lost income due to future games missed. We econometrically examine the decisions running backs reveal in trading off injury risk against total yards gained and salary in the short run and how the tradeoff appears in the longer run where career length considerations come into play. Our estimates reveal subtle nonlinearities and interpersonal heterogeneity in risky effort and the associated short and long run injury risk and economic payoffs.
Subjects: 
non-fatal injuries
NFL
running backs
risky effort
rate-of-return
career length
Poisson regression
Arellano-Bond model
panel data
fixed effects
JEL: 
Z21
Z22
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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