Economics of Gender and Sport - A Quantitative Analysis of Women''s Cricket

While women's cricket, and women's sport in general, has gained enormously in popularity in terms of both spectators and TV audiences, comparatively little is known about it and its participants, and there are few, if any, quantitative assessments of the game. This book fills that gap.

List of contents

Preface   Chapter 1 Prologue   Chapter 2 Chance and Cricketing Outcomes   Chapter 3 Access Inequality   Chapter 4 Competitive Balance   Chapter 5 Adjudication in Cricket   Chapter 6 Remuneration in Cricket   Chapter 7 Assessing Player Performances   Chapter 8 Epilogue

About the author

Vani Kant Borooah is Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Ulster, UK.

Summary

While women’s cricket, and women’s sport in general, has gained enormously in popularity in terms of both spectators and TV audiences, comparatively little is known about it and its participants, and there are few, if any, quantitative assessments of the game. This book fills that gap.

Product details

• Authors: Vani Kant Borooah, Borooah Vani Kant
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032109602
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210960-2
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Economics
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; cricket, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket