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Minority Status and Managerial Survival in Major League Baseball

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Brian Volz (University of Connecticut)

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The effect of minority status on managerial survival in Major League Baseball is analyzed using survival time analysis and data envelopment analysis. Efficiency scores based on team performance and player salary data from 1985 to 2006 are computed and included as covariates in a survival time analysis. It is shown that when controlling for performance and personal characteristics minorities are on average 9.6 percentage points more likely to return the following season. Additionally, it is shown that winning percentage has no impact on managerial survival when efficiency is controlled for.

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Paper provided by University of Connecticut, Department of Economics in its series Working papers with number 2008-36.

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Length: 31 pages
Date of creation: Sep 2008
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Handle: RePEc:uct:uconnp:2008-36

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Keywords: Baseball; Management; Race; Survival; DEA;

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C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis

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