The impact of skilled immigrants on their local teammates' performance

Hickfang M, Balsmeier B, Frick B

Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed

Abstract

We use the Bosman ruling, which invalidated restrictions on the maximum number of foreign players allowed on professional football teams, to identify a causal positive impact of foreign players in German Bundesliga clubs on the individual performance of their domestic teammates.

Details about the publication

Journal: Applied Economics Letters

Volume: 26

Issue: 2

Page range: 97-103

Status: Published

Release year: 2019 (22/02/2018)

Language in which the publication is written: English

DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1441495

Link to the full text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504851.2018.1441495

Keywords: Immigration; peer effects; labour market regulation; labour mobility

Authors from the University of Münster

Hickfang, Michael

Institute for Organisational Economics (IO)