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Fiona Carmichael

Researcher at University of Birmingham

Publications -  67
Citations -  2926

Fiona Carmichael is an academic researcher from University of Birmingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Football & Wage. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 64 publications receiving 2598 citations. Previous affiliations of Fiona Carmichael include Aberystwyth University & Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.

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The opportunity costs of informal care: does gender matter?

TL;DR: The costs borne by both male and female carers in terms of their forgone formal employment opportunities are investigated and it is found that the motivation for lower employment participation is not the same for men as it is for women.
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Why do governments invest in elite sport? A polemic

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce and unpack the reasons generally given by states for prioritizing and investing in elite sport and show how commonsensical propositions (e.g. "elite sport success promotes participation among citizens" are not always based on wide, existing research and evidence.
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The labour market costs of community care

TL;DR: It is found that informal carers who care for less than 20 h per week are, in fact, more likely to participate in the labour market, but tend to work for fewer hours per week than otherwise similar noncarers.
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Who will care? Employment participation and willingness to supply informal care.

TL;DR: It is found that employment participation and earnings both impact negatively on willingness to supply informal care.
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Team performance: the case of English Premiership football

TL;DR: In this paper, a new data source, containing information on a range of specific play variables, was used to estimate a production function for English Premiership football, emphasizing the key attacking and defensive skills, and providing support for the notion that teams may intentionally employ dubious or illegal tactics to succeed.