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    The Migrant Wage Premium in Professional Football: A Superstar Effect?

    Bryson, A. and Rossi, Giambattista and Simmons, R. (2014) The Migrant Wage Premium in Professional Football: A Superstar Effect? Kyklos: International Review For Social Science 67 (1), pp. 12-28. ISSN 0023-5962.

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    Abstract

    Using panel data on professional footballers and their teams over a seven year period we find a substantial wage premium for migrants which persists within teams and is only partially accounted for by players' on-field labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar status of migrant workers. This superstar effect is apparent in migrant effects on team performance and crowd attendance.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
    Research Centres and Institutes: Birkbeck Sport Business Centre
    Depositing User: Giambattista Rossi
    Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2015 12:40
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:17
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/12565

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