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Do Emigrants Self-Select Along Cultural Traits? Evidence from the MENA Countries
Docquier, Frédéric - 2017
This paper empirically investigates whether emigrants from MENA countries self-select on cultural traits such as religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs, migration aspirations, short-run migration plans, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942048
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Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange
Falck, Oliver - 2010
We investigate whether time-persistent cultural borders impede economic exchange across regions of the same country. To measure cultural differences we evaluate, for the first time in economics, linguistic micro-data about phonological and grammatical features of German dialects. These data are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147865
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The Flexibility of the Workweek in the United States : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup
Lozano, Fernando A. - 2009
In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World Cup, as this will determine the time games are broadcast...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158676
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Home Advantage in European International Soccer : Which Dimension of Distance Matters?
van Damme, Nils - 2019
We investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural distance, and disparities in economic prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870366
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Twelve Eyes See More than Eight. Referee Bias and the Introduction of Additional Assistant Referees in Soccer
Verstraeten, Olivier - 2019
We are the first to investigate whether the introduction of additional assistant referees in the UEFA Europa League (in season 2009-2010) and the UEFA Champions League (in season 2010-2011) was associated with lower referee bias. To this end, we analyse a unique database with pre- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870368
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Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the Uefa European Championship
Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013
We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of … the UEFA European Football Championship (from 1960 to 2012). We relate team performance (in terms of points gained and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077327
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Player Dismissal and Full Time Results in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League
De Meyere, Arne - 2018
This study is the first to estimate the effects of the sending-off of a player on the full time results in international club soccer. To this end, we analyse data of more than 2,000 recent games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. We find that when home teams receive a red card,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912250
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Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices : Evidence from German Soccer
Feess, Eberhard; Gerfin, Michael; Muehlheusser, Gerd - 2021
Recent theoretical research has identified many ways how contracts can be used as rent seeking devices vis-à-vis third parties, but there is no empirical evidence on this issue so far. To test some basic qualitative properties of this literature, we develop a theoretical and empirical framework...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324781
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Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity : Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Tubadji, Annie - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046650
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Immigrants and Gender Roles : Assimilation vs. Culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … the effect of culture from that of social capital. These results support a growing literature that suggests that culture … matters for economic behavior. At the same time, the results suggest considerable evidence of assimilation of immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011169