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Ancestral Diversity and Performance: Evidence From Football Data
Zanaj, Skerdilajda; Beine, Michel; Peracchi, Silvia
2023In Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
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Keywords :
Ancestral diversity; Football; Sports team; Performance; Family names; Migration
Abstract :
[en] The theoretical impact of diversity on performance is ambiguous since it leads to costs and benefits at the collective level. In this paper, we empirically assess the connection between ancestral diversity and the performance of sports teams. Focusing on football (soccer), we built a novel dataset of national teams of European countries that have participated in the European and World Championships since 1970. The ancestral diversity of national teams is measured from genetic distance scores within the team, based on information on every player's origins. Origins are recovered using a matching algorithm based on family names. Performance is measured at the match level. Identification of the causal link relies on an instrumental variable strategy based on past immigration at the country level about one generation before the competition. Our findings indicate a positive causal link between ancestral diversity and national teams' performance. We find that a one-standard increase in diversity leads to a significant increase in the goal difference of 0.77 to 1.79 goals per match (about a 1.30 goal difference per match).
Disciplines :
International economics
Author, co-author :
Zanaj, Skerdilajda  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM)
Beine, Michel  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM)
Peracchi, Silvia ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Ancestral Diversity and Performance: Evidence From Football Data
Publication date :
September 2023
Journal title :
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
ISSN :
0167-2681
eISSN :
1879-1751
Publisher :
Elsevier, Netherlands
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Migration and Inclusive Societies
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