Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level. Working Paper 29072

Autor/inn/en	Heckman, James J.; Loughlin, Colleen P.
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Athletes Greatly Benefit from Participation in Sports at the College and Secondary Level. Working Paper 29072
Quelle	(2021) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Athletics; College Students; Secondary School Students; Student Athletes; Program Effectiveness; Graduation Rate; Employment Level; Wages; Social Mobility; Disadvantaged Youth; Minority Group Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leichtathletik; Collegestudent; Sekundarschüler; Beschäftigungsgrad; Wage; Löhne; Soziale Mobilität; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01