Extreme wages, performance and superstars in a market for footballers
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- Rachel Scarfe & Carl Singleton & Paul Telemo, 2021. "Extreme Wages, Performance, and Superstars in a Market for Footballers," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(1), pages 84-118, January.
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Superstar effects; Top incomes; Major League Soccer;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
- Z22 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Labor Issues
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2020-03-30 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2020-03-30 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, & Wages)
- NEP-SPO-2020-03-30 (Sports & Economics)
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