Comparing the Socio-Economic Determinants of Men's and Women's International Soccer Performance
Document Type
Working Paper
Date of This Version
6-1-2005
Keywords
women's football, soccer, FIFA World Ranking, amateur sports, gender inequality
Abstract
We compare the determinants of women's and men's international soccer performance and find that partially different variables are important in the two contexts. While economic and demographic influences hold for both, the particular political and cultural factors differ. These differences highlight the greatly different economic, political and social significance of the sport depending whether it is played by men or women.
Working Paper Number
0508
Recommended Citation
Matheson, Victor; Hoffmann, Robert; Lee, Chew Ging; and Ramasamy, Bala, "Comparing the Socio-Economic Determinants of Men's and Women's International Soccer Performance" (2005). Economics Department Working Papers. Paper 85.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/econ_working_papers/85
Fulltext URL for Link
http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/13504850500425774