We investigate the salary returns to the ability to play football with both feet. The majority offootballers are predominantly right footed. Using two data sets, a cross-section of footballersin the five main European leagues and a panel of players in the German Bundesliga, we findrobust evidence of a substantial salary premium for two-footed ability, even after controllingfor available player performance measures. We assess how this premium varies across thesalary distribution and by player position.
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Paper provided by Centre for Economic Performance, LSE in its series CEP Discussion Papers with number
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