Work and Play

Michael Klein

Journal of Sports Economics, 2004, vol. 5, issue 3, 227-242

Abstract: This article demonstrates a link between an economic and social feature of countries, the relative labor force participation rate of women, and a high-profile characteristic, the performance of women in international sports competitions. The relative labor force participation rate of women was a significant determinant of the number and type of medals won by a country’s women in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics as well as the likelihood of qualifying for the 1999 Women’s Soccer World Cup and performance in that competition. Thus, societies in which women have greater economic opportunities are ones that enable athletically talented women to reach their full potential.

Keywords: gender equality; sports; labor force participation; Olympics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (14)

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1527002503257836 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:jospec:v:5:y:2004:i:3:p:227-242

DOI: 10.1177/1527002503257836

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Sports Economics
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().