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Is human capital protection effective? The case of the Basque Country in Spanish football

Is human capital protection effective? The case of the Basque Country in Spanish football Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the protection that some football teams submit to the football players from its region has a positive effect on the quality of the football players from these regions. Particularly, it is analyzed the natural experiment offered by the Basque Country. Design/methodology/approach – First are evaluated the productivity of the regions and thereafter it is analyzed the efficiency of the regions using a production function approach. Lastly, it is evaluated the evolution of the human capital from the under‐19 to the absolute national team to determine if the human capital protection of the Basque Country clubs is effective in improving the human capital. Findings – The main finding is that the protection's effect to the productive factors submitted into a competitive environment, exerts a positive influence on the development and growth of this factor, because the protection offers more possibilities of promotion and improving his productive capacity. Originality/value – To the best of knowledge there is no paper that has analyzed the effectiveness of a human capital protection policy. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Sport Business and Management An International Journal Emerald Publishing

Is human capital protection effective? The case of the Basque Country in Spanish football

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2014 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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2042-678X
DOI
10.1108/SBM-07-2013-0025
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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether the protection that some football teams submit to the football players from its region has a positive effect on the quality of the football players from these regions. Particularly, it is analyzed the natural experiment offered by the Basque Country. Design/methodology/approach – First are evaluated the productivity of the regions and thereafter it is analyzed the efficiency of the regions using a production function approach. Lastly, it is evaluated the evolution of the human capital from the under‐19 to the absolute national team to determine if the human capital protection of the Basque Country clubs is effective in improving the human capital. Findings – The main finding is that the protection's effect to the productive factors submitted into a competitive environment, exerts a positive influence on the development and growth of this factor, because the protection offers more possibilities of promotion and improving his productive capacity. Originality/value – To the best of knowledge there is no paper that has analyzed the effectiveness of a human capital protection policy.

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Sport Business and Management An International Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 8, 2014

Keywords: Football; Spain; Production function; Competitive environment; Basque Country; Human capital protection policy

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