The Returns to Scarce Talent

Alex Bryson, Bernd Frick and Rob Simmons

Journal of Sports Economics, 2013, vol. 14, issue 6, 606-628

Abstract: The authors investigate the salary returns to the ability to play association 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.

Keywords: salary; two-footedness; premium; football (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/1527002511435118

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