This paper examines the impact of the building or renovation of a sports arena on net migration and amenity premiums. Swedish municipal data is collected for 289 municipalities over the period 1999 to 2016. The econometric analysis makes use of fixed effects (FE) and feasible generalised linear squares (FGLS) estimation techniques. This study builds on the growing literature of the intangible benefits of sports arenas and is one of the few Swedish studies of its kind. The results show that a sports arena built in year t, realises a 3.458% increase in net migration in year t + 5, for those sports arenas being used by football and ice hockey teams in the highest and second highest leagues.

<p>In Stockholm there are currently five women, out of a total of 102 employees, working in public sports arenas. In sports arenas men are numerically superior amongst the workers as well as the visitors. These arenas are in many ways male dominated, masculinized environments. In this essay I investigate the reasons behind the uneven distribution, in terms of gender, among sports arena workers. I do this by interviewing seven female sports arena workers (the five current and two former), and by observing their workplaces. Through discourse analysis of their narratives, I seek to use these women’s experiences, as being part of a minority, as a way to render sports arenas more available for a larger public. In the study I have a feminist, post-structural standpoint, and I relate my results to theories on gender and organization as well as research on gender and sports. From a doing gender perspective<em> </em>I focus on how the women that I have interviewed talk about themselves, their workplaces and their choices of profession, as well as how they talk about gender and gender equality.</p><p>The aim of this study is to present these women’s perspectives on sports arenas as organizations, and to draw links between these particular workplaces and larger social discursive patterns. Another aim with the study is to problematize the very effort to achieve (numerical) equality between the sexes, and to uncover underlying biases. Except for gender biases I also consider intersections between gender and age, social class and sexuality. One of my main findings is that there are quite specific discourses surrounding this profession, reproducing it as masculine. An equalization of the distribution in terms of gender among the employees is not necessarily the entire solution to the inequality problem. A more qualitative effort is needed, for instance a redistribution of power resources within the organization. In the essay I present a list of concrete proposals on how to diversify the personnel in the future, based on the interviews. The main goal with this work is to destabilize the gender based gap in the Swedish labor market, and to increase the availability to all spheres in society, for everyone, on equal terms.</p>

In Stockholm there are currently five women, out of a total of 102 employees, working in public sports arenas. In sports arenas men are numerically superior amongst the workers as well as the visitors. These arenas are in many ways male dominated, masculinized environments. In this essay I investigate the reasons behind the uneven distribution, in terms of gender, among sports arena workers. I do this by interviewing seven female sports arena workers (the five current and two former), and by observing their workplaces. Through discourse analysis of their narratives, I seek to use these women’s experiences, as being part of a minority, as a way to render sports arenas more available for a larger public. In the study I have a feminist, post-structural standpoint, and I relate my results to theories on gender and organization as well as research on gender and sports. From a doing gender perspective I focus on how the women that I have interviewed talk about themselves, their workplaces and their choices of profession, as well as how they talk about gender and gender equality. The aim of this study is to present these women’s perspectives on sports arenas as organizations, and to draw links between these particular workplaces and larger social discursive patterns. Another aim with the study is to problematize the very effort to achieve (numerical) equality between the sexes, and to uncover underlying biases. Except for gender biases I also consider intersections between gender and age, social class and sexuality. One of my main findings is that there are quite specific discourses surrounding this profession, reproducing it as masculine. An equalization of the distribution in terms of gender among the employees is not necessarily the entire solution to the inequality problem. A more qualitative effort is needed, for instance a redistribution of power resources within the organization. In the essay I present a list of concrete proposals on how to diversify the personnel in the future, based on the interviews. The main goal with this work is to destabilize the gender based gap in the Swedish labor market, and to increase the availability to all spheres in society, for everyone, on equal terms.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-05-16T18:20:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvia Simoni Orlando.pdf: 1225090 bytes, checksum: 7346eb95715889b3ef9a1ed99161e82f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-16T18:20:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvia Simoni Orlando.pdf: 1225090 bytes, checksum: 7346eb95715889b3ef9a1ed99161e82f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-27 / Football is a sport recognized in Brazil as a cultural phenomenon and mobilizing the economy to influence and move the various business segments. Because this characteristic of the sport, this study aimed to identify the influence of the sporting arenas of the main football state clubs of São Paulo, in the creation and survival of micro and small business entrepreneurs in their surroundings. The arenas were researched: Corinthian’s Arena, Allianz Park, Morumbi Stadium and Urbano Caldeira Stadium. The choice of these arenas was due because of the movement in their surroundings in sporting championships and also in major events during the year. For this, it was developed a research, whose method was the quality of which used as a data collection instrument, with semi-structured interviews. The sample consisted of ten entrepreneurs, micro and small business owners identified through a mapping around these arenas. The data were analyzed in light of the content analysis, according to Bardin (1977), and organized in response categories. This research identified the context of sports arenas in the state of São Paulo as an entrepreneurial opportunity to be exploited. The arenas influence the creation, results and survival of the micro and small business that are installed in your surroundings. The main difficulties encountered by entrepreneurs is the limitation of resources, bureaucracy and existing taxes in Brazil and main contribution, the research indicates that management and strategic knowledge contribute, the context influences and impacts on results, but they are the entrepreneurial competence of the leaders that determine the survival of micro and small businesses. / O futebol é um esporte reconhecido no Brasil como fenômeno cultural e mobilizador da economia por influenciar e movimentar diversos segmentos de negócio. Tendo em vista essa característica do esporte, este estudo teve por objetivo identificar a influência das arenas esportivas dos principais clubes de futebol do estado de São Paulo, na criação e sobrevivência de micro e pequenos negócios empreendedores em seu entorno. As arenas pesquisadas foram: Arena Corinthians, Allianz Park, Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo e Estádio Urbano Caldeira. A opção por essas arenas se deu devido à movimentação das mesmas em campeonatos esportivos e também em grandes eventos durante o ano. Para tanto, foi desenvolvido uma pesquisa de natureza descritiva e exploratória, cujo método foi o qualitativo à qual utilizou como instrumento de coleta de dados, entrevistas com roteiro semiestruturado. A amostra foi composta por dez empreendedores, proprietários de micro e pequenas empresas, identificados por meio de um mapeamento no entorno dessas arenas. Os dados foram tratados à luz da análise de conteúdo, conforme Bardin (1977), e organizados em categorias de respostas. O presente estudo identificou o contexto das arenas esportivas do estado de São Paulo como uma oportunidade empreendedora a ser explorada. As arenas influenciam na criação, nos resultados e na sobrevivência das MPEs que se instalam em seu entorno. As principais dificuldades encontradas pelos empreendedores são a limitação de recursos, a burocracia e os impostos existentes no Brasil e como principal contribuição, o estudo aponta que o conhecimento em administração e gestão estratégica contribui, o contexto influencia e impacta nos resultados, mas são as competências empreendedoras dos dirigentes que determinam a sobrevivência de micro e pequenos negócios.