Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245635 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14584
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The recent Supreme Court decision NCAA vs Alston (June 2021) has heightened interest in the benefits and costs of participation in sports for student athletes. Anecdotes about the exploitation of student athletes were cited in the opinion. This paper uses panel data for two different cohorts that follow students from high school through college and into their post-school pursuits to examine the generality of these anecdotes. On average, student athletes' benefit- often substantially so—in terms of graduation, post-collegiate employment, and earnings. Benefits in terms of social mobility for disadvantaged and minority students are substantial, contrary to the anecdotes in play in the media and in the courts.
Subjects: 
sport economics
social mobility
returns to education
JEL: 
Z2
I32
I26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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