
Could being the oldest in your age group have an impact on your earnings?
In both education and sports the youngest children in their age group are usually at a disadvantage, but could this effect last into adulthood?
Giambattista Rossi joined the Sport Business Centre in 2006 as PhD student. Previously, he completed a BSc in Economics at Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan and an MSc in Sport Studies at University of Stirling. In January 2011, he was funded with the Joao Havelange Research Scholarship awarded by the CIES (International Centre of Sport Studies) to research the activity of football player agents within the top five European football leagues. Giambattista's main research interest is labour markets in professional sports. In January 2012 he was awarded his PhD at Birkbeck College, University of London.