Download This PaperIs Soccer Good for You? The Motivational Impact of Big Sporting Events on the Unemployed
18 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2014
Abstract
We examine the effect of salient international soccer tournaments on the motivation of unemployed individuals to search for employment using the German Socio Economic Panel 1984-2010. Exploiting the random scheduling of survey interviews, we find significant effects on motivational variables such as the intention to work or the reservation wage. Furthermore, the sporting events increase perceived health as well as worries about the general economic situation.
Keywords: sporting events, soccer, unemployment, well-being
JEL Classification: D8, J2, J6
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Dörrenberg, Philipp and Siegloch, Sebastian, Is Soccer Good for You? The Motivational Impact of Big Sporting Events on the Unemployed. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7890, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2381142 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2381142
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