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Adolescent Steroid Use and Intercollegiate Athletic Incentives

Humphreys, Brad R.; Ruseski, Jane - Department of Economics, College of Business and Economics - 2014

We examine the relationship between college athletic scholarships and adolescent use of performance enhancing drugs. Annually, 4.5 million male high school athletes compete for about 132,000 athletic scholarships o_ered by NCAA Division I and II universities. Estimates from a probit model of...

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What Goes into a Medal: Women's Inclusion and Success at the Olympic Games

Noland, Marcus; Stahler, Kevin - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2014

status of women and, more weakly, broad societal attitudes on gender issues. Female labor force participation and educational …

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Analysing 'Seriousness' in Roller Derby: Speaking Critically with the Serious Leisure Perspective

Breeze, Maddie - In: Sociological Research Online 18 (2013) 4, pp. 23-23

a broader cultural field of sport; â€˜getting taken seriouslyâ€™ in this context is an issue of gender contestation …

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More than just a game?: Grass roots cricket and development in Mumbai, India

Bateman, Jerram; Binns, Tony - In: Progress in Development Studies 14 (2014) 2, pp. 147-161

Increased attention has been given to the concept of â€˜development through sportâ€™ in international development literature over the past decade. Within this literature, however, there has been little discussion of the implementation of â€˜development through sportâ€™...

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Social Stratification, Gender and Sport Participation

Reeves, Aaron - In: Sociological Research Online 17 (2012) 2, pp. 12-12

Correlations between social class and specific types of sport participation have frequently been observed (Crook 1997 … class positions and specific sporting activities overlook the complex interrelationships amongst these sports. Until … recently, understanding the relationality of sport has been constrained by a lack of available and appropriate data. Work by …

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