2014-05-16
A new study from Grand Valley State University shows that countries with a higher level of women's empowerment send more athletes to and take more medals home from the Summer Olympic Games. This was true for both male and female athletes but was more evident in female athletes.
The study was published in the Journal of Sports Economics last month and was led by Aaron Lowen, an associate professor of economics at the university. The researchers studied more than 130 countries that competed in the Summer Olympic Games from 1996-2012. It was determined that more populated, wealthier nations...
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