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Migrating Football Players, Transfer Fees and Migration Controls
Verbon, Harrie A. A. - 2021
Since the famous Bosman ruling by the European Court of Justice in 1995 transfer fees for football players after moving … unrestricted market free migration from football players will be Pareto efficient under special circumstances only. This paper … shows that transfer fees can correct inefficient migration flows from small to large football leagues. Home-grown rules that …
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Shocking Racial Attitudes : Black G.I.s in Europe
Schindler, David; Westcott, Mark - 2021
Can attitudes towards minorities, an important cultural trait, be changed? We show that the presence of African American soldiers in the U.K. during World War II reduced anti-minority prejudice, a result of the positive interactions which took place between soldiers and the local population. The...
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Expectations as Reference Points : Field Evidence from Experienced Subjects in a Competitive, High-Stakes Environment
Bartling, Björn - 2012
We show that professional soccer players exhibit reference-dependent behavior during matches. Controlling for the state of the match and for unobserved heterogeneity, we show on a minute-by-minute basis that a player breaches the rules of the game, measured by the referee's assignment of cards,...
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Market Segmentation in Two-Sided Markets : TV Rights for Premier League
Kind, Hans Jarle - 2013
This paper analyzes market segmentation in a two-sided market that consists of media consumers and advertisers. The analysis is motivated by a European Court of Justice Decision in October 2011, which allowed viewers to take advantage of international price differences and buy access to Premier...
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011
understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra …
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Do Employers Discriminate Less if Vacancies are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services : A Field Experiment in the US
Giulietti, Corrado - 2015
socioeconomic status from race …
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Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Bellemare, Charles - 2018
We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities using a large scale field experiment. Applications were randomly sent to 1477 private firms advertising open positions. We find that average callback rates of disabled and...
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Black and White Labor Market Outcomes in the 19th Century American South
Carson, Scott A. - 2021
being farmers and unskilled workers were comparable by race. However, whites had greater access to white-collar and skilled …
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Size Matters! Body Height and Labor Market Discrimination : A Cross-European Analysis
Cinnirella, Francesco; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
that there is a consistent height-wage premium across Europe and that it is largely due to occupational sorting. We show …
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