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TY - JOUR
T1 - The returns to scarce talent
T2 - footedness and player renumeration in European soccer
AU - Bryson, Alex
AU - Frick, Bernd
AU - Simmons, Robert
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - The authors investigate the salary returns to the ability to play football (soccer) with both feet. The majority of footballers are predominantly right footed. Using two data sets, a cross section of footballers in the five main European leagues and a panel of players in the German Bundesliga, the authors find robust evidence of a substantial salary premium for two-footed ability, even after controlling for available player performance measures. The authors assess how this premium varies across the salary distribution and by player position.
AB - The authors investigate the salary returns to the ability to play football (soccer) with both feet. The majority of footballers are predominantly right footed. Using two data sets, a cross section of footballers in the five main European leagues and a panel of players in the German Bundesliga, the authors find robust evidence of a substantial salary premium for two-footed ability, even after controlling for available player performance measures. The authors assess how this premium varies across the salary distribution and by player position.
KW - salary
KW - two-footedness
KW - premium
KW - football
U2 - 10.1177/1527002511435118
DO - 10.1177/1527002511435118
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 606
EP - 628
JO - Journal of Sports Economics
JF - Journal of Sports Economics
SN - 1527-0025
IS - 6
ER -