We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level … show that in Italy, like in the US, firms located in geographical areas with a higher stock of human capital pay higher … wages. This evidence is robust to many variants of the econometric specification and to addressing potential endogeneity …

– truancy among active male athletes declines significantly, with the effects larger in earlier grades and for black and …

The financial troubles of professional athletes are an ongoing topic of intrigue. In general, the zealousness brought …

have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League …

important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six … national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European … teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms …

In this paper we investigate how the expulsion of a player influences the outcome of a football match. Common sense … implies a negative impact for the affected team. However, an old football myth suggests that such an expulsion might also be …

We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The …

lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …