Publications of the Research Unit Labour Markets and Social Insurance

Decisions taken at the start of one’s career have long-term consequences and one important decision graduates have to make is whether to be regionally mobile when looking for the first job. We investigate…

Recent advances in the field of digitization and robotics, such as driverless cars, largely autonomous smart factories, service robots or 3D printing, give rise to public fears that technology may substitute for…

• Goodbye Privacy? – Every Second Free App Has Access to Sensitive Data
• Crowdworking – Currently Only a Marginal Form of Employment in Germany
• Among Businesses, Trademarks See More Use Than Patents for Tax Planning
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• New ZEW President Achim Wambach Establishes Research Group "Market Design"
• Childhood Is a Decisive Factor in Income Disparities in the UK and the US
• Still Room for Improvement as EU Fibre-Optic Networks Expand
• Unil…

In this paper we consider trends in the distribution of player talent across association football clubs over time. Player talent is the most important prerequisite for team success in professional sports leagues…