Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports
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Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports
Leeds, Michael A.; Leeds, Eva Marikova
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
06/2013
456
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Inglês
9781849809382
15 a 20 dias
Women's sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women's sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.
Contents: Introduction: Women, Sports, and Economics Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT 1. Women's Attendance at Sports Events Sarah S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson 2. Participation in Women's Sport in Australia Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds 3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation Judith Stull PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf Stephen Shmanske 5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme 6. Earnings and Performance in Women's Skiing XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys 7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann 8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports Ryan M. Rodenberg PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS 9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle 10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell 11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics B. Erin Fairweather 12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson 13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era Peter von Allmen PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from 100m Races Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel 15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men's and Ladies' Figure Skating Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds 16. International Women's Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 17. The Economic Impact of the Women's World Cup Dennis Coates 18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee 19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women's Basketball and Netball in Australia Ross Booth Index
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Women's sports have received much less attention from economists than from other social scientists. This Handbook fills that gap with a comprehensive economic analysis of women's sports. It also analyzes how the behavior and treatment of female athletes reflect broad economic forces.
Contents: Introduction: Women, Sports, and Economics Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds PART I: WOMEN AND SPORT IN CONTEXT 1. Women's Attendance at Sports Events Sarah S. Montgomery and Michael D. Robinson 2. Participation in Women's Sport in Australia Ross Booth and Michael A. Leeds 3. Individual Decision-making in a Social Context: The Sociological Determinants of Female Sports Participation Judith Stull PART II: PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS IN WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 4. Gender and Skill Convergence in Professional Golf Stephen Shmanske 5. Gender Differences in Responses to Incentives in Sports: Some New Results from Golf Keith F. Gilsdorf and Vasant A. Sukhatme 6. Earnings and Performance in Women's Skiing XiaoGang Che and Brad R. Humphreys 7. Understanding the WNBA On and Off the Court David J. Berri and Anthony C. Krautmann 8. The Goals and Impacts of Age Restrictions in Sports Ryan M. Rodenberg PART III: WOMEN IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS 9. The Economics of Title IX Compliance in Intercollegiate Athletics Susan L. Averett and Sarah M. Estelle 10. Revenues and Subsidies in Collegiate Sports: An Analysis of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Robert W. Brown and R. Todd Jewell 11. The Impact of Increased Academic Standards of Proposition 16 on the Graduation Rates of Women and Men in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics B. Erin Fairweather 12. Gender Differences in Competitive Balance in Intercollegiate Basketball Jaret Treber, Rachel Levy and Victor A. Matheson 13. Coaching Women and Women Coaching: Pay Differentials in the Title IX Era Peter von Allmen PART IV: WOMEN IN OLYMPIC AND INTERNATIONAL SPORTS 14. Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence from 100m Races Bernd Frick and Friedrich Scheel 15. Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Economic Contests? The Case of Men's and Ladies' Figure Skating Eva Marikova Leeds and Michael A. Leeds 16. International Women's Soccer and Gender Inequality: Revisited Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Victor A. Matheson 17. The Economic Impact of the Women's World Cup Dennis Coates 18. An Economic Analysis of the Sudden Influx of Korean Female Golfers into the LPGA Young Hoon Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Joon-Ho Kang and Younghan Lee 19. Media Coverage and Pay in Women's Basketball and Netball in Australia Ross Booth Index
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