Reevaluation of the Employment Impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games

• Autores: Julie L. Hotchkiss, Robert E. Moore, Fernando Rios Avila
• Localización: Southern Economic Journal, ISSN 0038-4038, ISSN-e 2325-8012, Vol. 81, Nº. 3, 2015, págs. 619-632
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Using empirical methods published more recently than our earlier analysis found in this journal, we continue to find a statistically significant and substantial employment impact of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Post-Olympics versus pre-Olympics employment gains in counties affected by the Olympics exceeded employment gains in the rest of the counties in Georgia by 11% by the end of 2000. In addition, Olympics-affected counties in the metro Atlanta area experienced employment gains relative to other major Southern metropolitan statistical areas of roughly 5%. These results stand up to robustness and falsification tests.