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The migrant wage premium in professional football: a superstar effect?

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>02/2014
<mark>Journal</mark>Kyklos
Issue number1
Volume67
Number of pages17
Pages (from-to)12-28
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Using panel data on professional footballers and their teams over a seven year period we find a substantial wage premium for migrants which persists within teams and is only partially accounted for by players' on-field labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar status of migrant workers. This superstar effect is apparent in migrant effects on team performance and crowd attendance.