Fading Shooting Stars – The Relative Age Effect, Misallocation of Talent, and Returns to Training in German Elite Youth Soccer
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Keywords
Relative age effect; market values; misallocation of talent; returns to training; selection of talent; elite youth soccer;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues
- M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
- M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CUL-2022-10-10 (Cultural Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2022-10-10 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-SPO-2022-10-10 (Sports & Economics)
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