Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74960 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 265
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
We analyze the effects of football player migration to foreign leagues on the perfirmance of their home country national teams. We provide a theoretical model predicting a positive effect of migration on international football perfirmance due to superior skills acquired by players choosing to migrate to foreign leagues. We test this prediction using recent cross country data on international football perfirmance. In order to accurately measure the effect of skill acquisitions by migrating players, we construct a weighted migration index that takes into account the quality of the foreign league and the division in which national team players are employed. We find strong and robust support for the prediction that migration of players to foreign leagues improves international football perfirmance of their home countries.
Subjects: 
Migration
Muscle Drain
International Football Performance
JEL: 
J61
L83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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