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A reappraisal of racial discrimination against blacks in professional baseball

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The Review of Black Political Economy

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Salary discrimination was found to bezero in a transferable monopoly—baseball. Nonwhites and white players received equal pay for equal work. Barriers to entry were found not to exist against nonwhites after taking into account that barriers to entryhad existed against non-whites and had created a long-run equilibrium differential.

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  1. Marshall H. Medoff
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The author wishes to thank the University of California, Berkeley, and the Flood Foundation for their generous financial assistance.

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Medoff, M.H. A reappraisal of racial discrimination against blacks in professional baseball. The Review of Black Political Economy 5, 259–268 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02689433

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