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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment: new evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - 2007
Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport … into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268594
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Zur empirischen Prüfbarkeit des homo (socio-)oeconomicus anhand der Messung der Motive ehrenamtlichen Engagements in Sportvereinen
Flatau, Jens; Emrich, Eike; Pierdzioch, Christian - 2013
Unter der Annahme eines prinzipiell seinen Nutzen zu maximieren versuchenden den homo socio-oeconomicus sollten entsprechende Motive aus der Vielzahl theoretisch denkbarer Motive zu ehrenamtlichem Engagement dominant sein. Da diese Motive jedoch im Gegensatz zu altruistischen sozial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433287
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Families’ and children’s experience of sport and informal activity in Olympic areas of the East End
Davidson, Rosemary; Power, Anne T. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007
Sport England is interested to know how families with children experience the following aspects ofneighbourhood life …: involvement in sport; access to facilities; activities for young people; and theengagement of young people in poor areas in the … Olympic development. Sport England wantedevidence from our research tracking the experiences of 100 families over eight years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836938
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Venturing Beyond the Marathon: The Entrepreneurship of Ultrarunning and the IAU World Cup in Korea
Terjesen, Siri - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2008
This article describes the entrepreneurial development and professionalism of ultradistance running (ultrarunning) in South Korea, culminating with the hosting of the IAU World Cup 100K in 2006. This case study-based research provides evidence of various macro-environmental and individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005864506
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Institutional factors, sport policy, and individual sport participation : an international comparison
Humphreys, Brad R.; Maresova, Katerina; Ruseski, Jane - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009501122
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Too busy for school? : the effect of athletic participation on absenteeism
Cuffe, Harold E.; Waddell, Glen R.; Bignell, Wesley - 2014
While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403579
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Globalization of Sports : the Case of Professional Football and itsInternational Management Challenges
Dolles, Harald; Söderman, Sten - Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien <Tokyo - 2005
The formation and the diversity of most types of organizations goinginternational are well researched. However, some aspects of postmodernlife, such as sports and entertainment, are presently growing in importanceand management complexity.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005850189
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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment : new evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - 2007
Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport … into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631438
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Sabotage in tournaments: Evidence from a natural experiment
Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; Sutter, Matthias - 2012
Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an individual's perspective an attractive alternative to exerting positive effort. Yet, given its illegal and often immoral nature, sabotage is typically hidden, making it difficult to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294773
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Game of Organizing International Cricket: Co-Existence of Country-Line and Club-Line Games
Das, Satya Prasanna - 2008
The paper presents an economic model of interaction between cricket boards, players and international club-line games sponsors like ICL or IPL. It attempts to capture the inherent conflict between such games and country-line games traditionally organized by cricket boards. It identifies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295283