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

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

Author(s) -

Bernd Frick,

Gunnar Pietzner,

Joachim Prinz

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

eastern economic journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1939-4632

pISSN - 0094-5056

DOI - 10.1057/eej.2007.34

Subject(s) - duration (music) , german , position (finance) , psychology , demographic economics , division of labour , economics , demography , labour economics , sociology , history , finance , market economy , art , literature , archaeology

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.

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