Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197292 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 19-020
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
We present a simple model to illustrate how birthplace diversity may affect team performance. The model assumes that birthplace diversity increases the stock of available knowledge due to skill complementarities and decreases effciency due to communication barriers. The consequence of these two opposing effects is a humpshaped relationship between birthplace diversity and team performance. To verify this prediction, we exploit self-collected data on the first division of German male soccer. Our data set covers 7,028 matches and includes information about 3,266 players coming from 98 countries. We propose two different instrumental variable approaches to identify the effect of birthplace diversity on team performance. Our findings suggest that an intermediate level of birthplace diversity maximizes team performance.
Subjects: 
birthplace diversity
firm performance
globalization
high-skilled migration
international migration
productivity
soccer
team composition
team performance
JEL: 
F23
F66
J01
J24
M14
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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