Birthplace diversity and team performance
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چکیده
Using hand-collected and web-scraped data on 7208 matches 3266 players from the highest division of German male football, this paper examines how birthplace diversity affects team performance. The results two instrumental variable analyses suggest that has a hump-shaped effect To explain our result, we argue nationally diverse teams have wider range skills face greater communication barriers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Labour Economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1879-1034', '0927-5371']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102288