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The Role Of Conference Externalities And Other Factors In Determining The Annual Recruiting Rankings Of Football Bowl Subdivision (Fbs) Teams, Joshua Pitts, Brent Evans
The Role Of Conference Externalities And Other Factors In Determining The Annual Recruiting Rankings Of Football Bowl Subdivision (Fbs) Teams, Joshua Pitts, Brent Evans
Joshua Pitts
In this article, we analyse the impact of school, head coach and conference characteristics on a college football team’s annual recruiting ranking. Utilizing panel data collected from various sources covering 2002–2014, we find that measures of recent school success such as having winning seasons and finishing seasons ranked in the Associated Press (AP) top 25 poll have a positive impact on a team’s recruiting ranking. Similarly, schools with more successful head coaches tend to earn better recruiting classes, while schools facing bowl bans, scholarship restrictions and probation tend to earn worse recruiting classes. Various measures of conference achievement indicate that …
The Role Of Supervisors In The Determination Of Wages And Wage Gaps, Joshua Pitts, Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Jon Rezek
The Role Of Supervisors In The Determination Of Wages And Wage Gaps, Joshua Pitts, Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Jon Rezek
Joshua Pitts
This article considers labour market discrimination by supervisors as a potential contributor to racial and gender wage gaps. Empirical analysis reveals evidence that all workers, except Hispanic males, earn significantly higher hourly wages when working for a supervisor of the same race and sex as themselves. Furthermore, the results suggest that sex has a larger impact on wages than race for workers with white supervisors, while race has a larger impact on wages than sex for workers with minority supervisors. Based on past research, we theorize that the degree of labour discrimination workers face may also be dependent upon the …