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The Rationality of Under‐employing the Best‐performing Soccer Players
Author(s) -
GarciadelBarrio Pedro,
Pujol Francesc
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00457.x
Subject(s) - league , earnings , rationality , nationality , productivity , affect (linguistics) , athletes , value (mathematics) , economics , psychology , sports economics , social psychology , political science , macroeconomics , accounting , mathematics , law , physical therapy , statistics , medicine , physics , communication , astronomy , immigration
. This paper analyses the influence of sport performance (productivity) and other variables measuring the economic contribution of soccer players, upon the coach's decision of selecting a particular player. Using as dependent variable the proportion of time that individuals play in the Spanish professional soccer league, the paper concludes that players' economic market value does significantly affect the coach's choice, revealing the existence of other aims different from maximizing sport performance. We also examine the type of discrimination associated with lower chances of playing, which leads to smaller earnings and poorer career opportunities. The empirical evidence does not support discrimination due to nationality.