Physical activity of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and effects

Charlotte Cabane and Michael Lechner

No 14-088, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of the epidemiological literature on health effects and the eco-nomic literature on the labour market effects as well as on the effects on well-being and so-cial capital. Somewhat surprisingly, at least for studies in empirical economics, all the papers seem to agree that individual leisure sports participation and physical activity has positive effects for adults.

Keywords: physical activity; leisure time physical activity; sports participation; labour market effects; unemployment; earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 J20 J30 J68 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Journal Article: Physical Activity of Adults: A Survey of Correlates, Determinants, and Effects (2015)
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