Investigating the Global Productivity Effects of Highly Skilled Labor Migration: How Immigrant Athletes Impact Olympic Medal Counts

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dc.contributor.advisorMcDaniel, Stephen Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorHorowitz, Jonathan Josephen_US
dc.contributor.departmentKinesiologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-06T05:53:30Z
dc.date.available2011-07-06T05:53:30Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractLabor migration is a defining attribute of today's global economy, as more people live outside their country of birth than ever before and workers have more opportunities beyond their local borders (GCIM, 2005). This has motivated scholars to better understand the mobility of human capital and its various effects. While data are available to track aggregate migration patterns between countries, it is much more difficult to determine its association with such metrics as gains or losses in productivity for specific sectors of industry (Asis & Piper, 2008). Athletes are among the few groups of workers (along with information technology specialists, senior academics, health professionals and teachers) who can seek employment on a global market level while most people have fewer opportunities based on national markets (GCIM, 2005). Moreover, given the availability of records and clear metrics of productivity, the sports entertainment industry provides a unique opportunity to investigate the movement of a highly skilled labor force (Kahn, 2000). Therefore, the current study will investigate 21st century labor migration patterns and their relationship to productivity in the context of arguably the largest, oldest and most global example of sports business, the Summer Olympics. The scholarly and practical implications and future directions for research will be discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11529
dc.subject.pqcontrolledKinesiologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEconomics, Laboren_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledglobalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledimmigrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlaboren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOlympicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpolicyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledproductivityen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Global Productivity Effects of Highly Skilled Labor Migration: How Immigrant Athletes Impact Olympic Medal Countsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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