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Mega-Events and Sectoral Employment: The Case of the 1996 Olympic Games

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  • Arne Feddersen

    () (Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg)

  • Wolfgang Maennig

    () (Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg)

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This paper contributes to the analysis of large sporting events using highly disaggregated data. We use the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, which are also outstanding as one of the very few large sporting events where ex post academic analysis found significant positive effects. This paper extends earlier studies in several ways. First, monthly rather than quarterly data will be employed. Second, the impact of the 1996 Olympics will be analyzed for 16 different sectors or subsectors. Third, in addition to standard DD models, we use a non-parametric approach to flexibly isolate employment effects. Regarding the Olympic effect, hardly any evidence for a persistent shift in the aftermath of or the preparation for the Olympic Games is supported. We find a significant positive employment effect in the monthly employment statistics exclusively during the staging of the Olympic Games (July 1996). These short-term effects are concentrated in the sectors of “retail trade”, “accommodation and food services”, and “arts, entertainment, and recreation”, while other sectors showed no such effects.

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Paper provided by Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg in its series Working Papers with number 035.

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Length: 40 pages
Date of creation: 15 Mar 2010
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Publication status: Published in Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions, Issue 35, 2010
Handle: RePEc:hce:wpaper:035

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Keywords: Olympic Games; Economic Impact; Ex-post Analysis; Employment; Sectoral Data;

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  1. Olympic Games have no long-term impact on employment
    by Economic Logician in Economic Logic on 2010-04-27 14:32:00
  2. The Olympics have no long-term impact on employment
    by Ariel Goldring in Free Market Mojo on 2010-04-30 11:02:32
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  1. Victor Matheson, 2012. "Assessing the infrastructure impact of mega-events in emerging economies," Working Papers 1203, College of the Holy Cross, Department of Economics.

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