From bias to bliss: Racial preferences and worker productivity in tennis

IF 1.9 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Contemporary Economic Policy Pub Date : 2026-04-03 Epub Date: 2025-07-23 DOI:10.1111/coep.70004

Carsten Creutzburg, Wolfgang Maennig, Steffen Q. Mueller

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Abstract

We investigate the impact of differences in consumers' racial preferences on worker productivity through the example of the home advantage (HA) effect using data on wins in men's tennis from 2001 to 2020 (pre-COVID-19). We identify players' racial affiliation as one of five distinct groups by combining clustering and facial recognition methods. Our empirical design allows us to distinguish among HA factors related to the presence of fans, referee bias, travel fatigue, and home-court familiarity. We provide evidence of social environments where Black players benefit more strongly from fan support than players of other races do, resulting in increased productivity.

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从偏见到幸福：网球中的种族偏好和工人生产率

我们以主场优势（HA）效应为例，利用2001年至2020年（covid -19之前）男子网球比赛的胜场数据，研究了消费者种族偏好差异对工人生产率的影响。通过结合聚类和面部识别方法，我们将玩家的种族归属识别为五个不同的群体之一。我们的实证设计使我们能够区分与球迷、裁判偏见、旅行疲劳和主场熟悉度相关的HA因素。我们提供的证据表明，在社会环境中，黑人球员比其他种族的球员更能从球迷的支持中获益，从而提高生产力。

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3.10

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6.70%

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