Long-run labour market and health effects of individual sports activities.
- Lechner M Swiss Institute for Empirical Economic Research (SEW), University of St. Gallen, Varnbüelstrasse 14, CH-9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland. Michael.Lechner@unisg.ch
- 2009-07-03
Published in:
- Journal of health economics. - 2009
Adolescent
Adult
Employment
Female
Germany
Health Status
Humans
Income
Leisure Activities
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Models, Economic
Sports
Young Adult
English
This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market variables, health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study (GSOEP) 1984-2006. Econometric problems due to individuals choosing their own level of sports activities are tackled by combining informative data and flexible semiparametric estimation methods with a specific way to use the panel dimension of the data. The paper shows that sports activities have sizeable positive long-term labour market effects in terms of earnings and wages, as well as positive effects on health and subjective well-being.
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- English
- Open access status
- green
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- DOI 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.05.003
- PMID 19570587
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/279016
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