Race and Retention in a Competitive Labor Market: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in NCAA Basketball. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: LaFave, Daniel; Nelson, Randy; Doherty, Michael
• Is Part Of: Journal of sports economics. Volume 19:Number 3(2018:Apr.)
• Page Start: 417
• Page End: 451
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: discrimination -- NCAA basketball -- HBCU -- hazard models; Sports -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Sports administration -- Periodicals; 338.47796
• DOI: 10.1177/1527002516637650
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1527-0025

Abstract

Between 1994 and 2013, Black head coaches of Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball programs were more likely to be terminated than their White counterparts, adjusting for performance and characteristics of the coach. Controlling for employment at a historically Black college or university, which accounts for approximately a quarter of the Black coaches in our sample, overturns this result. The findings highlight the importance of understanding institutional environments when assessing discrimination in labor market outcomes.