Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/235697 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 893
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
The FIFA Soccer World Cups often happen within one month just before the national entrance exam to universities and colleges in Vietnam. Watching soccer matches can distract male students from their studies and reduce their probability to pass the exam. We find that Vietnamese men who had the university entrance exam during the FIFA Soccer World Cups tend to have a lower proportion of having a bachelor's degree. Exposure to World Cups also reduces the probability of having a formal job, a high-skilled job and management position for men. Using the exposure to World Cups as a natural shock for tertiary education, we find a large and positive effect of tertiary education on employment. It confirms the important role of education in reducing gender gap in employment.
Subjects: 
Return to education
employment
gender gap
World Cup
Vietnam
JEL: 
J16
J21
I25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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