Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
8-21-2014
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
14-24
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
We examine the relationship between college athletic scholarships and adolescent use of performance enhancing drugs. Annually, 4.5 million male high school athletes compete for about 132,000 athletic scholarships offered by NCAA Division I and II universities. Estimates from a probit model of self-reported steroid use among US adolescent males using data from the YRBSS suggest each sanction-related athletic scholarship reduction at NCAA institutions in a state increases the probability that high school males in that state report using steroids by 3%. Competition for athletic scholarships generates incentives for adolescent males to improve athletic performance through use of steroids.
Digital Commons Citation
Humphreys, Brad R. and Ruseki, Jane E., "Adolescent Steroid Use and Intercollegiate Athletic Incentives" (2014). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 118.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/118