What Can International Cricket Teach Us About the Role of Luck in Labor Markets? /
How important is luck in determining labor market outcomes? We address this question using a new dataset of all international test cricketers who debuted between 1950 and 1985. We present evidence that a player's debut performance is strongly affected by an exogenous source of variation: whethe...
| Main Author: | Aiyar, Shekhar |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Ramcharan, Rodney |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2010.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2010/225 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |
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