Illuminating the World Cup effect : night lights evidence from South Africa

Pfeifer, Gregor; Wahl, Fabian; Marczak, Martyna

Illuminating the World Cup effect : night lights evidence from South Africa

dc.contributor.author	Pfeifer, Gregor	de
dc.contributor.author	Wahl, Fabian	de
dc.contributor.author	Marczak, Martyna	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:53:32Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:53:32Z
dc.date.created	2016-11-03
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	This paper evaluates the economic impact of the $14 billion preparatory investments for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. We use satellite data on night light luminosity at municipality and electoral district level as a proxy for economic development, applying synthetic control methods for estimation. For the average World Cup municipality, we find significantly positive, short-run effects before the tournament, corresponding to a reduction of unemployment by 1.3 percentage points. At the electoral district level, we reveal distinct effect heterogeneity, where especially investments in transport infrastructure are shown to have long-lasting, positive effects, particularly in more rural areas.	en
dc.identifier.swb	479321175
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6086
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-12861
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2016,16
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Football World Cup	en
dc.subject	Public infrastructure	en
dc.subject	Development	en
dc.subject	Night lights data	en
dc.subject	Synthetic control methods	en
dc.subject	Mega sports event	en
dc.subject	South Africa	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Südafrika	de
dc.subject.gnd	Wirtschaftsentwicklung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Fußballweltmeisterschaft	de
dc.title	Illuminating the World Cup effect : night lights evidence from South Africa	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Pfeifer2016, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6086}, author = {Pfeifer, Gregor and Wahl, Fabian and Marczak, Martyna et al.}, title = {Illuminating the World Cup effect : night lights evidence from South Africa}, year = {2016}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Pfeifer, Gregor and Wahl, Fabian and Marczak, Martyna et al.
local.export.bibtexKey	Pfeifer2016
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local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1286
local.series.issueNumber	2016,16
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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