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The Effects of Elite Sports Participation on Later Job Success, (2015)
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@MISC{Dewenter15theeffects,
author = {Ralf Dewenter and Leonie Giessing and Ralf Dewenter and Leonie Giessing},
title = {The Effects of Elite Sports Participation on Later Job Success,},
year = {2015}
}
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Abstract
Abstract This paper analyses the income effect of the participation in elite sports using a unique dataset on former German top-level athletes. To quantify the average treatment effect we use covariate nearestneighbour matching. While our treatment group consists of formerly top-level athletes the control group of non-athletes is drawn from the GSOEP database. On average, former athletes receive higher incomes than similar non-athletes. Moreover, team sports athletes as well as male athletes realise significantly higher incomes. Comparing the income of former female athletes with male non-athletes, we find that participating in elite sports closes the gender-wage gap.
