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dc.contributor.authorScarfe, Rachelen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSingleton, Carlen_UK
dc.contributor.authorSunmoni, Adesolaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorTelemo, Paulen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T01:01:28Z-
dc.date.available2024-02-22T01:01:28Z-
dc.date.issued2024-04en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/35707-
dc.description.abstractThere is an inverted u-shaped relationship between age and wages in most labor markets, but the effects of age on productivity are often unclear. We use panel data in a market of high earners, professional footballers (soccer players) in North America, to estimate age-productivity and age-wage profiles. We find stark differences; wages increase for several years after productivity has peaked, before dropping sharply at the end of a career. This poses the question: why are middle-aged workers seemingly overpaid? We investigate a range of possible mechanisms that could be responsible, only finding evidence that tentatively supports a talent discovery theory.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWileyen_UK
dc.relationScarfe R, Singleton C, Sunmoni A & Telemo P (2024) The age‐wage‐productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earners. <i>Economic Inquiry</i>, 62 (2), pp. 584-606. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13191en_UK
dc.rights© 2023 The Authors. Economic Inquiry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Western Economic Association International. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectageingen_UK
dc.subjectlabor productivityen_UK
dc.subjectsports labor marketsen_UK
dc.subjectwagesen_UK
dc.titleThe age‐wage‐productivity puzzle: Evidence from the careers of top earnersen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ecin.13191en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleEconomic Inquiryen_UK
dc.citation.issn1465-7295en_UK
dc.citation.issn0095-2583en_UK
dc.citation.volume62en_UK
dc.citation.issue2en_UK
dc.citation.spage584en_UK
dc.citation.epage606en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailcarl.singleton@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date22/11/2023en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Strathclydeen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:001108091900001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85177577290en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid1969242en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5989-0066en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-8247-8830en_UK
dc.date.accepted2023-10-15en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-10-15en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2024-01-09en_UK
dc.subject.tagEconomicsen_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorScarfe, Rachel|0000-0002-5989-0066en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSingleton, Carl|0000-0001-8247-8830en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSunmoni, Adesola|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorTelemo, Paul|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2024-02-20en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2024-02-20|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameEconomic Inquiry - 2Scarfe-EI-2024.pdfen_UK
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