Testing for Nationality Discrimination in Major League Soccer

Using data from the 2014-2016 Major League Soccer (MLS) seasons, this paper finds evidence for nationality discrimination in the MLS. In particular, foreign players receive a wage premium of 15.97 percent, ceteris paribus. Foreign players also receive an additional bump in their salary based on perf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swift, Matthew
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2017
Subjects:
MLS
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1687
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2633&context=cmc_theses