%0 Journal Article
%T Do Sports Crowd Out Books? The Impact of Intercollegiate Athletic Participation on Grades
%A Jimmy Karam
%A Michael A. Insler
%J Journal of Sports Economics
%@ 1552-7794
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1527002517716975
%X We investigate the influence of intercollegiate athletic participation on grades using data from the U.S. Naval Academy. Athletic participation is an endogenous decision with respect to educational outcomes. To identify a causal effect, we develop an instrument via the Academy¡¯s random assignment of students into peer groups. Instrumental variable (IVs) estimates suggest that sports participation modestly reduces recruited athletes¡¯ grades. This finding has implications beyond college, as we also show that grades¡ªnot athletic participation¡ªare most strongly associated with postcollegiate outcomes such as military tenure and promotion rates
%K higher education
%K human capital
%K sports
%K athletic participation
%K academic achievement
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527002517716975