Career Duration a Competitive Environment: The Labor Market for Soccer Players in Germany

Bernd Frick (), Gunnar Pietzner and Joachim Prinz
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Bernd Frick: University of Paderborn
Gunnar Pietzner: WItten-Herdecke University
Joachim Prinz: University of Paderborn

Eastern Economic Journal, 2007, vol. 33, issue 3, pages 429-442

Abstract: Using detailed information on every single player who appeared in at least one match in the history of the first division in German soccer between 1963/64 and 2002/03 we study the determinants of individual career duration. Although team characteristics and changes in the institutional environment have a statistically significant impact, it is the players’ individual performance that counts: Player age, number of matches played, goals scored as well as player position have a significant impact on the individual’s probability of being terminated.

Date: 2007
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