Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?

Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?

This paper examines the effects on employment due to a mega-sport event and more precisely this study demonstrates that the 1998 Football World cup in France had a significant positive effect on employment in the host regions. Moreover, it shows the impact differences between the host regions where...

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Main Author: Giraud, Thomas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS) 2014
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35174
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-351742014-06-20T04:59:21ZEconomic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?engGiraud, ThomasLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)2014This paper examines the effects on employment due to a mega-sport event and more precisely this study demonstrates that the 1998 Football World cup in France had a significant positive effect on employment in the host regions. Moreover, it shows the impact differences between the host regions where some have been more affected than other. This work is the first to analyze the effect on employment in the host regions using a Difference in Difference approach. The basic DID model is then improved to add new parameters in the regression. It is one of the rare studies to find a significant positive impact on the economy owing of the World cup or the Olympic Games. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35174application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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description This paper examines the effects on employment due to a mega-sport event and more precisely this study demonstrates that the 1998 Football World cup in France had a significant positive effect on employment in the host regions. Moreover, it shows the impact differences between the host regions where some have been more affected than other. This work is the first to analyze the effect on employment in the host regions using a Difference in Difference approach. The basic DID model is then improved to add new parameters in the regression. It is one of the rare studies to find a significant positive impact on the economy owing of the World cup or the Olympic Games.
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title Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?
title_short Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?
title_full Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?
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title_full_unstemmed Economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : Did the 1998 FIFA World Cup have positive impacts on employment?
title_sort economic impacts of hosting a major sporting event : did the 1998 fifa world cup have positive impacts on employment?
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