Handbook on the economics of women in sports / edited by Eva Marikova Leeds, Moravian College, USA ; Michael E. Leeds, Temple University, USA

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Elgar original reference | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2013Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 443 pages) : diagramsISBN:

9781849809399

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Additional physical formats: 9781849809382. | 9781782545057. LOC classification:

GV709

DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849809399Online resources:

Summary: Women’s sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women’s sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces. -- Contributors to this volume use current theoretical models and econometric tools to examine the legal, social, and economic forces that affect the experiences of female athletes. They address such traditional topics as discrimination against female athletes and coaches and the effect of athletic events on the economies of host countries. They also apply theory and estimation to new settings, such as how women respond to tournaments in skiing and figure skating or how the growing dominance of Korean women on the LPGA tour is a form of immigration. -- Leeds and Leeds have filled a gaping hole in sports economics with this revealing collection of essays. The economics of women in sports has been too long neglected. By covering everything from women as sports spectators, to women as participants in individual and team sports at the collegiate and professional levels, to women’s sports internationally, Title IX, and women’s differential response to incentives, this volume not only demonstrates that there is much fertile ground to be studied, but also that the subject matter is both interesting and important.' (Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, US).PPN: PPN: 804803188Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-EEC

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