In Brief... How Pelé changed Brazilian football

Bernardo Guimaraes, João Paulo Pessoa and Vladimir Ponczek

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Abstract: A ban on non-compete agreements in Brazilian football led to an increased lifetime income for players. But as research by Bernardo Guimaraes, João Paulo Pessoa and Vladimir Ponczek reveals, it was older players who gained the most, whereas the wages of young players fell.

Keywords: labor mobility; labor frictions; wage profile; labor turnover; labour; turnover; frictions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-02-22
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