The Long-Term Effect of FIFA World Cup on Gender Gap in Education and Employment: Evidence from Vietnam

Cuong Nguyen and Anh Ngoc Tran

No 893, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: The FIFA Soccer World Cups often happen within one month just before the national entrance exam to universities and colleges in Vietnam. Watching soccer matches can distract male students from their studies and reduce their probability to pass the exam. We find that Vietnamese men who had the university entrance exam during the FIFA Soccer World Cups tend to have a lower proportion of having a bachelor's degree. Exposure to World Cups also reduces the probability of having a formal job, a high-skilled job and management position for men. Using the exposure to World Cups as a natural shock for tertiary education, we find a large and positive effect of tertiary education on employment. It confirms the important role of education in reducing gender gap in employment.

Keywords: Return to education; employment; gender gap; World Cup; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 J16 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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