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View article: The effect of task switching on productivity: evidence from major league baseball pitchers
The effect of task switching on productivity: evidence from major league baseball pitchers Open
There are few opportunities, outside of a laboratory setting, to study how workers respond to the demands of task switching. A priori, task switching might either harm or benefit productivity, and thus it becomes an empirical question. Fac…
View article: Do sports analytics affect footballer pay?
Do sports analytics affect footballer pay? Open
Labor economists aspire to understand how workers' productivity impacts pay. While professional football is a well-established domain to explore this relationship, so far, research has relied on basic productivity measures. Football is now…
View article: Is there a nationality wage premium in European football?
Is there a nationality wage premium in European football? Open
We investigate the presence of nationality salary premia in two top European football leagues (the Premier League and Serie A). We uncover a substantial pay premium for South American players (primarily driven by Argentina and Brazil) of b…
View article: COVID-19 infections and short-run worker performance: Evidence from European football
COVID-19 infections and short-run worker performance: Evidence from European football Open
COVID-19 infections represent a recurrent source of workplace absenteeism impacting labour productivity. Using a unique matched employee-employer dataset, we consider the effects of the virus on the performance of highly valuable employees…
View article: Special ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance
Special ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance Open
Using data from professional football leagues in four countries, we assess the effects on team performances following head coach turnover, distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary exits. We use entropy balancing to deal with the en…
View article: Salary determination in professional football: empirical evidence from goalkeepers
Salary determination in professional football: empirical evidence from goalkeepers Open
We consider how elite European football clubs use available and measurable performance data to value personnel by focussing on the goalkeeper labour market. We test the determinants of goalkeeper pay and discuss if football clubs effective…
View article: The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League
The determinants of Black quarterback pay in the National Football League Open
This paper seeks to econometrically determine differences in salary returns to attributes of quarterbacks in the National Football League (NFL), by race. We analyse salary determination of 215 White and Black quarterbacks over 2006 through…
View article: Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance?
Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance? Open
This paper examines whether workers are rewarded for inconsistent performances by salary premia. Some earlier research suggests that performance inconsistency leads to salary premia while other research finds premia for consistent performa…
View article: Where to Go Next? Examining the Effect of Franchise Expansion and Location on Game-Level Attendance in Major League Soccer
Where to Go Next? Examining the Effect of Franchise Expansion and Location on Game-Level Attendance in Major League Soccer Open
Using a large dataset with over 4,000 game-level observations from Major League Soccer over the period 2006 to 2019 we investigate the determinants of attendance demand. Focusing on franchise expansion and location effects, we find that so…
View article: Professional Labor Markets in the <i>Journal of Sports Economics</i>
Professional Labor Markets in the <i>Journal of Sports Economics</i> Open
This article summarises the research findings of papers published in Journal of Sports Economics on the workings of professional sports labor markets. The article covers three main themes: pay and performance, discrimination, and player mo…
View article: Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance?
Are workers rewarded for inconsistent performance? Open
This paper examines whether workers are rewarded for inconsistent performance by salary premia. Some earlier research suggests that performance inconsistency leads to salary premia, while other research finds premia for consistent performa…
View article: Spillover Effects of Scandals on Exits from the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Germany
Spillover Effects of Scandals on Exits from the Catholic and Protestant Churches in Germany Open
For decades, the annual numbers of exits of members from the Catholic Church and Protestant Church have been increasing. Closer inspection of diocese‐level data shows that the time‐series pattern of exits is nonlinear with a series of inte…
View article: Contracts, pay and performance in the sport of kings: Evidence from horse racing
Contracts, pay and performance in the sport of kings: Evidence from horse racing Open
A considerable body of evidence shows that performance‐related pay schemes can raise worker productivity with much of this increase due to worker sorting. However, variations in the power of performance‐related pay contracts are rarely obs…
View article: Race and Coaching Hierarchy:An Analysis of Hiring and Firing in the NFL
Race and Coaching Hierarchy:An Analysis of Hiring and Firing in the NFL Open
Despite its best efforts, the National Football League (NFL) has long been criticised for its lack of minority leadership amongst its teams. Recent hires (and non-hires) have only served to heighten this criticism. To assess this, we use a…
View article: Special Ones? The Effect of Head Coaches on Football Team Performance
Special Ones? The Effect of Head Coaches on Football Team Performance Open
One expects those who lead organisations to affect their performance. If not why would organisations spend so much time and money appointing and incentivising their leaders? Yet there is little evidence establishing a causal link between l…
View article: Time To Go? Head Coach Quits and Dismissals in Professional Football
Time To Go? Head Coach Quits and Dismissals in Professional Football Open
That football Head Coaches will be dismissed for poor performance and will quit when they have better outside options seems obvious. But owners may find it hard to distinguish poor performance from bad luck and may find it difficult to ide…
View article: Supplementary material from "Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM. 22 November 1917 — 30 May 2012"
Supplementary material from "Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM. 22 November 1917 — 30 May 2012" Open
Andrew Huxley was a physiologist, possessing a combination of practical skill, invention and mathematical ability that has few parallels, and is famous for his contributions to the understanding of how nerve and muscle work. He came from a…
View article: Substitution between leisure activities: a quasi-natural experiment using sports viewing and cinema attendance
Substitution between leisure activities: a quasi-natural experiment using sports viewing and cinema attendance Open
The allocation of time between leisure activities and work has been extensively analysed in academic literature. However, leisure time is limited and there may not be sufficient time to enjoy all the leisure activities desired. Hence, this…