Comparing competitive balance for men's and women's leagues in European handball

Ayúcar Sánchez, Amaia; Lera López, Fernando; Iraizoz Apezteguia, Belén

Comparing competitive balance for men's and women's leagues in European handball

dc.contributor.author	Ayúcar Sánchez, Amaia
dc.contributor.author	Lera López, Fernando
dc.contributor.author	Iraizoz Apezteguia, Belén
dc.contributor.department	Economía	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Ekonomia	eu
dc.contributor.department	Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE	en
dc.date.accessioned	2024-11-07T12:41:55Z
dc.date.available	2024-11-07T12:41:55Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08-09
dc.date.updated	2024-11-07T12:26:05Z
dc.description.abstract	Research question: this paper contributes to research concerned with gender comparison in sport, considering handball, traditionally overlooked in studies of competitive balance. Research methods: we estimate measures of concentration and dominance to analyse the competitive balance in eight European handball leagues (both female and male) in four European countries (Denmark, France, Germany and Spain) during 15 seasons. Results and Findings: the results show statistically significant differences between the female and the male handball leagues. With the exception of France, the level of concentration is higher in the female than in the male leagues. In terms of dominance, there is less difference between the genders. In terms of evolution, the indicators reflect a deterioration of the competitive balance mainly in the female leagues. Implications: the analyses suggest that different measures should be put in place to increase the competitive balance in female leagues, through the transfer of resources from the male to the female leagues. To reduce the high level of dominance, a redistribution of resources among the teams should be considered to reduce the 'drag effect'. Research contribution: this is the first time that the most important European handball leagues have been examined to test the gender gap in competitive balance, with statistically significant differences being found.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	This work was supported by the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation [Grant number PID2020-115018RB-C31].
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dc.identifier.citation	Ayúcar-Sánchez, A., Lera-López, F., Iraizoz, B. (2024). Comparing competitive balance for men's and women's leagues in European handball. Managing Sport and Leisure. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2387104.
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/23750472.2024.2387104
dc.identifier.issn	2375-0472
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/52468
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.relation.ispartof	Managing Sport and Leisure (2024)
dc.relation.projectID	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-115018RB-C31/ES/
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2024.2387104
dc.rights	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License.
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dc.subject	Competitive balance	en
dc.subject	Concentration	en
dc.subject	Dominance	en
dc.subject	Europe	en
dc.subject	Gender	en
dc.subject	Handball	en
dc.title	Comparing competitive balance for men's and women's leagues in European handball	en
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