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Spectator demand for the sport of kings
Buraimo, Babatunde; Coster, Neil; Forrest, David - In: Applied economics 53 (2021) 51, pp. 5883-5897
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013 - This version: October 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local … facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on … employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outcomes and sports participation are established …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199753
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local … facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on … employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outcomes and sports participation are established …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201710
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Does violent crime deter physical activity?
Janke, Katharina; Propper, Carol; Shields, Michael - 2013
Crime has been argued to have important externalities. We investigate the relationship between violent crime and an important type of behaviour: individuals' participation in their local area through walking and physical activity. We use a sample of nearly 1 million people residing in over 320...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786945
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Body weight and socio-economic determinants : quantile estimations from the British Household Panel Survey
Pieroni, Luca; Salmasi, Luca - 2010
This work examines the socio-economic determinants of body weight in UK by means of two recent waves from the British Household Panel Survey. Our results support some findings in the literature, but also point to new conclusions and show that quantile regression estimates are quite different...
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Simulation in Sport Finance
Drayer, Joris - 2014
applies it to the sport industry where sales of tangible products are replaced by sales of an experience provided to fans. The … the best possible results. This is particularly important in the field of sport management where few, if any, other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069165
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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local … facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on … employment and earnings in England. Clear associations between labour market outcomes and sports participation are established …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073845
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Do Economic Incentives Promote Physical Activity? Evaluating the Impact of the London Congestion Charge on Active Commuting and Health
Nakamura, Ryota - 2014
We investigate the role of economic incentives for health behaviour by estimating the impacts of the London Congestion Charge, a major transportation policy which increases the cost of car use within the central London area, on travel-related physical activity and health. Individuals living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056349
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The impact of British sporting achievements on national pride among adults in England
Shibli, Simon; Ramchandani, Girish; Davies, Larissa - In: European Sport management quarterly : ESMQ 21 (2021) 5, pp. 658-676
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How sensitive are sports fans to unemployment?
Reade, J. James; Ours, Jan C. van - 2021
We analyze attendance of professional football matches in England finding that it is related to unemployment over a very long period of time. More unemployment leads to lower attendances. Distinguishing between leagues, we find that the relationship is larger for lower leagues, i.e. attendance...
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