Rent Sharing and Gender Discrimination

Autor(en)

Christine Zulehner, Mario Lackner

Abstrakt

Objective In this article, we analyze whether firms with market power-measured by their market share-fill top management positions differently than firms with no market power. Market power gives firms the opportunity to share rents with their employees. If these firms or their owners also have a taste for discrimination, they may share their rents in a discriminatory way. Using data from top-level collegiate athletics, we assess the effect of market power-measured by market share-on the relative employment and wages of female coaches. Methods To account for the potential endogeneity of market power and unobserved productivity of female coaches, we exploit the effect of an institutionalized cartel, that is, the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), on a college's athletic department market share. By exploiting particular organizational characteristics of the BCS as an exogenous shock, we establish a causal link between market power and female employment. Results Our results show that an increase in the market share has a negative effect on females relative to males among coaches. Conclusion We interpret this as evidence for Becker's (1957) theory on employer discrimination.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre

Externe Organisation(en)

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Journal

Social Sciences Quarterly

Band

101

Seiten

678-696

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0038-4941

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12765

Publikationsdatum

2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

502047 Volkswirtschaftstheorie

Schlagwörter

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5 – Geschlechtergleichheit

Link zum Portal

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