| dc.description.abstract | Sports and sports activity have been an essential factor in my childhood, and as a
grownup, I see the importance of sports activity. In this master thesis, I have
investigated how the number of sports facilities affects sports clubs' activity in
Norway. By using the methodology of causality with the provided data for Norges
Idretsforbund, it has been possible to estimate how the number of sports facilities
per capita affects the population's active share in the Norwegian municipalities. I
have used a fixed-effects model to estimate the coefficients of those sports
federations in Norway, who has been possible to match with a sports-specific
facility. The results show that most sports federations have a positive effect when
the number of sports facilities per capita increases. But there are significant
differences between sports federations and municipalities. | en_US |
