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Career Duration in the NBA

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  • Peter A. Groothuis
  • James Richard Hill

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Using a panel of National Basketball Association players from 1990 through 2013, we analyze the determinants of career length in the league. We find that foreign-born players who did not play college basketball in the United States have shorter careers than do American-born players holding performance constant. Foreign-born players who played college basketball in the United States do not have shorter careers. We suggest that both push and pull immigration factors might cause this early exit.

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  • Peter A. Groothuis & James Richard Hill, 2018. "Career Duration in the NBA," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 19(6), pages 873-883, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jospec:v:19:y:2018:i:6:p:873-883
    DOI: 10.1177/1527002517690789
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