年龄对奥斯卡提名演员赢得小金人的机会是有利还是不利？

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112483

Pablo A. Peña

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摘要

利用1929年至2025年间97次奥斯卡颁奖典礼的公开数据，我们分析了获得奥斯卡最佳男主角或配角的机会是否与被提名者的年龄有关，而被提名者的年龄相对于同一年和同类别的被提名者人数而言。我们发现，在男性被提名者中，年龄有助于他们获胜。在女性提名者中，年龄既没有帮助也没有伤害。因此，在年轻被提名者中，女性获胜的几率高于男性，而在年长被提名者中，男性获胜的几率高于女性。我们讨论潜在的原因和与其他部门的差异。最后，我们记录了奥斯卡提名者的其他模式：(1)性别之间的年龄差距一直很稳定；（ii）平均年龄增长符合美国人口趋势；（三）获得奥斯卡奖影响了赢得另一个小金人的机会。

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Does age help or hurt Oscar-nominated actors’ chances of winning a statuette?

Using publicly available data from 97 Academy Awards ceremonies between 1929 and 2025, we analyze whether the chances of winning an Oscar for best actor in leading or supporting roles are associated with the age of the nominee relative to the pool of nominees in the same year and category. We find that among male nominees, age helps their chances of winning. Among female nominees, age neither helps nor hurts. Thus, among young nominees, women have better odds of winning than men, whereas among older nominees, men have better odds than women. We discuss potential causes and differences with other sectors. Lastly, we document other patterns among Oscar nominees: (i) the age gap across genders has been stable; (ii) the growth in average age matches US population trends; and (iii) having received an Oscar hurts the chances of winning another statuette.

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Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Many economists today are concerned by the proliferation of journals and the concomitant labyrinth of research to be conquered in order to reach the specific information they require. To combat this tendency, Economics Letters has been conceived and designed outside the realm of the traditional economics journal. As a Letters Journal, it consists of concise communications (letters) that provide a means of rapid and efficient dissemination of new results, models and methods in all fields of economic research.