Labour Market Effects of the 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany

Florian Hagn and Wolfgang Maennig

No 8, Working Papers from Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg

Abstract: This study analyses for the first time on the basis of a multivariate analysis ex post the effects on the jobs market of a soccer World Cup, in this case the 2006 World Cup held in Germany. In addition to three methods already used for other analyses in studies of sporting events, an extended “Difference-in-Difference” estimate is used in order to compare the development of the numbers of unemployed in the 12 World Cup venues with the development of the numbers of unemployed in 62 other German cities. The results demonstrate that in none of the respective match venues did the effect of the sporting event on unemployment differ significantly from zero.

Keywords: Labour market; regional economics; sports economics; World Cup; Stadium Impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 R53 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2007
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Published in Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions, Issue 08, 2007

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