Waiting or Acting? The Gender Gap in International Football Success
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT(2022)
Abstract
The conditions under which women's national football teams do better or worse in international tournaments remains an open question. Using data from 116 countries worldwide, we have examined three arguments accounting for the gender gap in international football success, focusing on positive externalities from economic development and women's empowerment, and the active policies promoting women's football. Our findings show that the international performance of women's national football teams compared to men's national football teams increases with women's empowerment and in countries committed to the promotion of women's football, while economic development is not relevant. The general question we address is whether gender gaps disappear because of economic and social development, or if active policies promoting women are required to achieve gender equality.
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Key words
externalities,football,gender inequalities,gender gap,women's empowerment
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