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The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess

Kenn Ariga
Kyoto University - Institute of Economic Research

Giorgio Brunello
University of Padua - Department of Economics; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Roki Iwahashi
University of Ryukyus

Lorenzo Rocco
University of Padua; University of Toulouse I


IZA Working Paper No. 3327

Abstract:     
We model individual careers in sports and games from initial entry to eventual exit or success as a discrete-choice, finite-horizon optimization problem. We apply this model to the international game of chess and study cross-country differences in the relative success of players. While we find no evidence that the players in our sample from the ex-Warsaw Pact are more talented than European and American players, there is evidence that they face lower training costs.

Keywords: occupational choice, sports and games

JEL Classifications: J24, J44

Working Paper Series

Date posted: May 23, 2008 ; Last revised: May 23, 2008

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Ariga, Kenn, Brunello, Giorgio, Iwahashi, Roki and Rocco, Lorenzo, The Stairways to Heaven: A Model of Career Choice in Sports and Games, with an Application to Chess. , Vol. , pp. -, . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1135903 or doi:10.1111/j.0042-7092.2007.00700.x


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Kenn Ariga (Contact Author)
Kyoto University - Institute of Economic Research ( email )
Yoshida-Honmachi
Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
Giorgio Brunello
University of Padua - Department of Economics ( email )
via Del Santo 33
35121 Padova Italy
+39 049 827 4223 (Phone)
+39 049 827 4221 (Fax)
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
Poschinger Str. 5
DE-81679 Munich Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
D-53072 Bonn Germany
Roki Iwahashi
University of Ryukyus ( email )
Okinawa Japan
Lorenzo Rocco
University of Padua ( email )
Agripolis
35020 Legnaro (Padova) Italy
University of Toulouse I
Place Anatole France
F-31042 Toulouse Cedex France
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