| By: |
Dennis Coates (Department of Economics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County);
Brad R. Humphreys (Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism, University of Illinois) |
| Abstract: |
This paper explores the impact of professional sports teams and stadiums on
the wages of individuals employed in several narrowly defined occupational
groups in cities in the United States. The occupational groups examined are
among those that proponents of public funding of professional sports claim
will benefit economically from these stadiums. Our analysis uses data from the
March Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the period 1983 to
1998. Previous research focused on aggregate measures of income whereas here
the focus is on the wages of individual workers. The results of the study
conform conclusions of earlier research that the overall sports environment is
frequently statistically significant as a determinant of earnings. |
| JEL: |
L83 R58 J30 H71 |
| Date: |
2006–07 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:spe:wpaper:0612&r=spo |