The relative age effect and under-21 Irish association football: A natural experiment and policy recommendations

dc.contributor.authorButler, David
dc.contributor.authorButler, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-30T09:43:08Z
dc.date.available2021-11-30T09:43:08Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.date.updated2021-11-30T09:32:23Z
dc.description.abstractA relative age effect refers to the presence of a bias towards relatively older children assembled collectively within a selection year. We consider this in association football (soccer) for Republic of Ireland under twenty-one international footballers over two intervals: from November 1981 to November 1994 and from September 2007 to May 2013. As the registration date for organised soccer in Ireland changed between both periods, these intervals provide scope for a natural experiment to test for a shifting relative age effect. The study confirms the existence of a relative age effect, with a selection bias toward players born in the earlier months of the registration year for both intervals.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationButler, D. and Butler, R. (2015) 'The relative age effect and under-21 Irish association football: A natural experiment and policy recommendations', Economic and Social Review, 46(4), pp. 511-519. Available at: uri:https://www.esr.ie/article/view/453 (Accessed: 30 November 2021)en
dc.identifier.endpage519en
dc.identifier.issn0012-9984
dc.identifier.issued4en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEconomic and Social Reviewen
dc.identifier.startpage511en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/12286
dc.identifier.volume46en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEconomic and Social Studiesen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.esr.ie/article/view/453
dc.rights© 2015, Economic and Social Review.en
dc.subjectRelative age effecten
dc.subjectSocceren
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectYouth sports participationen
dc.titleThe relative age effect and under-21 Irish association football: A natural experiment and policy recommendationsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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