No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes.

Autor/inn/en	Amornsiripanitch, Natee; Gompers, Paul; Hu, George; Levinson, Will; Mukharlyamov, Vladimir
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Keine Rache für Nerds? Bewertung der Karrieren von Ivy-League-Athleten.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2023), 92 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext (3); PDF als Volltext (4) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research. 31753
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
DOI	10.3386/w31753
Schlagwörter	Persönlichkeitsentwicklung; Elite; Humankapital; Sport; Lohnhöhe; Berufserfolg; Berufswahl; Studium; Hochschulzugang; Studienwahl; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Hochschulabsolvent; USA
Abstract	"This paper compares the careers of Ivy League athletes to those of their non-athlete classmates. Combining team-level information on all Ivy League athletes from 1970 to 2021 with resume data for all Ivy League graduates, we examine both post-graduate education and career choices as well as career outcomes. In terms of industry choice, athletes are far more likely to go into business and Finance related jobs than their non-athlete classmates. In terms of advanced degrees, Ivy League athletes are more likely to get an MBA and to receive it from an elite program, although they are less likely to pursue an M.D., a Ph.D., or an advanced STEM degree. In terms of career outcomes, we find that Ivy League athletes outperform their non-athlete counterparts in the labor market. Athletes attain higher terminal wages and earn cumulatively more than non-athletes over the course of their careers controlling for school, graduation year, major, and first job. In addition, they attain more senior positions in the organizations they join. We also find that athletes from more socioeconomically diverse sports teams and from teams that have lower academic admissions thresholds have higher career outcomes than non-athletes. Collectively, our results suggest that non-academic human capital developed through athletic participation is valued in the labor market and may support the role that prior athletic achievement plays in admissions at elite colleges." The study refers to the period 1970-2021. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1