Waiting or Acting? The Gender Gap in International Football Success

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2378719
AutoresIgnacio Lago Peñas (0000-0003-0611-8467, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, autor de correspondencia), Santiago Lago-Peña (0000-0003-4601-8655, Universidade de Vigo), Santiago Lago-Peñas (Governance and Economics research Network (GEN), Universidade de Vigo, Spain), Carlos Lago-Peñas (Governance and Economics research Network (GEN), Universidade de Vigo, Spain), Carlos Lago‐peña (0000-0002-1626-2035, Universidade de Vigo)
Año2022
Volumen57
Número7
Páginas1139-1156
Fecha de publicación2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10126902211060727
OpenAlexW3217623606
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas23

The conditions under which women's national football teams do better or worse in international tournaments remains an open question. Using data from 116 countries worldwide, we have examined three arguments accounting for the gender gap in international football success, focusing on positive externalities from economic development and women's empowerment, and the active policies promoting women's football. Our findings show that the international performance of women's national football teams compared to men's national football teams increases with women's empowerment and in countries committed to the promotion of women's football, while economic development is not relevant. The general question we address is whether gender gaps disappear because of economic and social development, or if active policies promoting women are required to achieve gender equality

Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Externality · Football · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society