Reade, J.James and Van Ours, JanC. (2021). How sensitive are sports fans to unemployment? Applied Economics Letters.
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Publication year2021
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JournalApplied Economics Letters
We analyse the attendance of professional football matches in England finding that it is related to unemployment over a very long period of time. More unemployment leads to lower attendances. Distinguishing between leagues, we find that the relationship is larger for lower leagues, i.e. attendances of lower quality football events are more sensitive to fluctuations in unemployment.