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Figures & data
Table 1. Summary statistics.
Figure 1. Percentage of black players, sub-Saharan Africans, and foreigners in the Big-5 leagues in the season 2018/19.
It’s important to note that there can be overlap among the classifications of players as sub-Saharan Africans, Blacks, and foreigners. This means that a player can belong to all three categories simultaneously. For example, a player could be a Nigerian national of Black ethnicity.
Table 2. Percentage of black people in overall population and in soccer teams.
Table 3. Impact of black, sub-Saharan and foreign players on capacity utilization in the Big-5 leagues (pooled Tobit regression).
Table 4. Impact of black and foreign players on capacity utilization in the Big-5 leagues (league-specific Tobit regression).
Table 5. Impact of sub-Saharan African and foreign players on capacity utilization in the Big-5 leagues (league-specific Tobit regression).
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