The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
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Bonn: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, 2007. (IZA Discussion Paper; Nr. 3160).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment
T2 - New Evidence from Germany
AU - Cornelißen, Thomas
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport activities on secondary school degrees and professional degrees. Even after controlling for important variables and selection into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and positive.
AB - We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport activities on secondary school degrees and professional degrees. Even after controlling for important variables and selection into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and positive.
KW - Economics
KW - allocation of time,
KW - education
KW - human capital
KW - sport
KW - allocation of time
KW - education
KW - human capital
KW - sport
KW - Gender and Diversity
M3 - Working papers
T3 - IZA Discussion Paper
BT - The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment
PB - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
CY - Bonn
ER -