Reevaluation of the Employment Impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games

Julie Hotchkiss, Robert Moore and Fernando Rios‐Avila
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Southern Economic Journal, 2015, vol. 81, issue 3, 619-632

Abstract: Using empirical methods published more recently than our earlier analysis found in this journal, we continue to find a statistically significant and substantial employment impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Post‐Olympics versus pre‐Olympics employment gains in counties affected by the Olympics exceeded employment gains in the rest of the counties in Georgia by 11% by the end of 2000. In addition, Olympics‐affected counties in the metro Atlanta area experienced employment gains relative to other major Southern metropolitan statistical areas of roughly 5%. These results stand up to robustness and falsification tests.

Date: 2015
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