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

Charlotte Cabane and Michael Lechner

No 1428, Economics Working Paper Series from University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

Abstract: We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision based and is based on papers from various disciplines. The second part summarizes parts of the epidemiological literature on health effects and the economic literature on the labour market effects as well as on the effects on well-being and social capital. Some¬what 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; la¬bour market effects; unemployment; earnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 J20 J30 J68 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2014-08, Revised 2015-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hea, nep-soc and nep-spo
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Journal Article: Physical Activity of Adults: A Survey of Correlates, Determinants, and Effects (2015)
Working Paper: Physical activity of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and effects (2014)
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