Sport and Child Development

Christina Felfe, Michael Lechner and Andreas Steinmayr

No 1135, Economics Working Paper Series from University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

Abstract: Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the role of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children’s skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: school performance improves by 0.20 standard deviations and overall non-cognitive skills by 0.09 standard deviations. The results are robust when using alternative datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased physical activities replacing passive leisure activities.

Keywords: Skill formation; non-cognitive skills; physical activity; semi-parametric estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68 pages
Date: 2011-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dem and nep-spo
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