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Initial Match and Career Outcomes: Evidence from the NFL Draft

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  • Casas-Arce, Pablo
  • Hansen, Stephen
  • Martinez-Carrasco, Miguel
  • Martinez-Jerez, Asis

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A growing literature argues that firms contribute to worker inequality, but a persistent challenge is that similar workers are typically not randomly matched with different firms. We exploit the National Football League draft rules which quasi-exogenously allocate new players of similar ability to teams of different quality. After an initial employment period, the market is generally competitive. We find no substantial effect of initial team quality on cumulative career performance or wages. This suggests that, in labor markets with relatively few frictions, inequality in career outcomes is driven mostly by individual rather than firm effects.

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  • Casas-Arce, Pablo & Hansen, Stephen & Martinez-Carrasco, Miguel & Martinez-Jerez, Asis, 2024. "Initial Match and Career Outcomes: Evidence from the NFL Draft," CEPR Discussion Papers 19721, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:19721
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    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
    • M50 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - General

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