American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · 2026 · Craig Garthwaite、Nicole Holz、Jordan Keener、Matthew Notowidigdo
中文摘要
美国大学校际业余体育历来阻止学生运动员获得市场工资，从而创造了大量经济租金，这些租金主要由男子橄榄球和篮球项目产生。利用大学体育部门的财务数据，我们估计了租金分享弹性，以衡量租金如何流向女子体育和其他男子体育项目，并导致体育设施和教练薪资支出的增加。利用球员层面的数据，我们发现，租金分享将支出从更可能是黑人且来自贫困社区的学生转移至更可能是白人且来自高收入社区的学生。（JEL I23, J15, J16, J31, L83, Z21, Z22）
Abstract
Intercollegiate amateur athletics in the United States have historically prevented student-athletes from receiving market wages, creating substantial economic rents that are primarily generated by men's football and basketball programs. Using financial data from college athletic departments, we estimate rent-sharing elasticities to measure how rents flow to women's sports and other men's sports and lead to increased spending on athletic facilities and coaches' salaries. Using player-level data, we find that the rent-sharing transfers spending away from students who are more likely to be Black and come from poor neighborhoods toward students more likely to be White and come from higher-income neighborhoods. (JEL I23, J15, J16, J31, L83, Z21, Z22)