Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Cabane, Charlotte; Clark, Andrew E.

doi:10.15609/annaeconstat2009.119-120.123

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“…Commentators tend to attribute the career advantage offered by physical activity, and especially organized sports, in terms of a confluence of physical health and 'soft skills,' such as communication and collaborative skills. 198 Sports players are, therefore, generally more productive. Using the terminology of Human Capital, physical activity helps make people more successful due to the contribution of the other Capitals, as is illustrated by Figure 4.…”

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Physical Activity: An Underestimated Investment in Human Capital?

Bailey

Hillman

Arent

et al. 2013

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Despite the fact that physical activity is universally acknowledged to be an important part of healthy functioning and well-being, the full scope of its value is rarely appreciated. This article introduces a novel framework for understanding the relationships between physical activity (and specifically sport-related forms of physical activity) and different aspects of human development. It proposes that the outcomes of physical activity can be framed as differential 'capitals' that represent investments in domain-specific assets: Emotional, Financial, Individual, Intellectual, Physical, and Social. These investments, especially when made early in the life course, can yield significant rewards, both at that time and for years to come. The paper presents a new model-the Human Capital Model-that makes sense of these effects, outlines the different capitals, and briefly articulates the conditions necessary for the realization of Human Capital growth through physical activity.

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Section: The Human Capitalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Activity: An Underestimated Investment in Human Capital?

Bailey

Hillman

Arent

et al. 2013

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

229

152

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“…Rooth 10 also showed that individuals who indicate in job applications that they are physically active have a higher probability of receiving callbacks to job interviews. Cabane and Clark 14 and Kari et al 5 are examples of studies that have analyzed the role of childhood physical activity instead of adulthood physical activity in various labor market outcomes. In sum, Cabane and Clark 14 did not find an association between childhood sporting activities and earnings, job satisfaction, and the probability of being a worker, whereas Kari et al, 5 on the other hand, did document a positive association between childhood leisure-time physical activity and earnings in adulthood, especially among men.…”

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Childhood physical activity as a labor market investment

Kari

Pehkonen

Tammelin

et al. 2020

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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This study examined the role of physical activity and changes in physical activity levels during childhood in long‐term labor market outcomes. To address this important but under‐researched theme, the study utilized data drawn from longitudinal research, the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS), and from registries compiled by Statistics Finland. The study consisted of children aged 9 (n = 1565) and 15 (n = 2445) at the time their physical activity was measured. Labor market outcomes, including employment status, average employment months, and average unemployment months, were calculated from 1997 to 2010, when the participants were aged 20 to 48 years. Regression models were used to assess the relationship between physical activity and labor market outcomes. The results show that the consequences of childhood physical activity may be far‐reaching, as higher childhood physical activity was positively related to the probability of being employed and employment months and was negatively related to unemployment months. On average, a one‐unit increase in physical activity index was related to a 1% higher probability of being employed, 0.10 more months of yearly employment, and 0.05 fewer months of yearly unemployment. The results also imply that persistently active individuals had the highest level of employment and the lowest level of unemployment compared with other activity groups. In conclusion, investments in childhood physical activity may not only promote health and well‐being but may also correlate with better labor market outcomes later in life, providing both personal and societal benefits.

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“…These findings are in partial accordance with those of a past study assessing first‐year undergraduate students, revealing that students with an inward‐focused personality did not want to study abroad (Kojima et al, ). Past studies have suggested that noncognitive factors, such as personality traits, can be developed through extracurricular activities (Cabane & Clark, ; Kume, Hanaoka, Mizutani, Ohtake, & Okuyama, ; Lleras, ). Furthermore, personalities of young adults may also be influenced by social experiences (Roberts, Caspi, & Moffitt, ).…”

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Study of factors related to the attitudes toward studying abroad among preclinical/clinical undergraduate dental students at three dental schools in Japan

Oka

Ishida

Hong

2018

Clinical & Exp Dental Res

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Despite of their general interests in studying abroad, there are two types of dental student in Japan. They are those who decide to go studying abroad and those who do not. The aim of this study was to clarify the factors related to the attitudes toward studying abroad among preclinical/clinical undergraduate dental students who attended three dental schools in Japan. A questionnaire was used to assess undergraduate dental students' attitudes toward studying abroad. We analyzed the differences between junior (preclinical) students and senior (clinical) students on concerns, and relationships between personality traits based on the Big Five and experiences related to studying abroad. Four hundred and thirty‐nine undergraduate students completed the questionnaire. The senior dental students were more worried, more than the junior students, about “lack of language ability in daily life,” “higher quality facilities and environment,” and valued “dental/medical knowledges and skills” and “advantage for getting a job” through studying abroad. Both junior and senior students with experience of/plans for studying abroad reported significantly higher levels of openness to experience than those without such experiences or plans. The less‐open group was more concerned with “lack of language ability in daily life/academic fields,” “higher quality facilities and environment,” “life in a foreign country,” “interpersonal relationships in foreign countries,” and “no friends in foreign countries” than the open‐group. Although the preclinical and clinical dental students at the three dental schools in Japan had different views of concern for studying abroad, “openness to experience” might be a common key factor related to their studying abroad. However, apart from any personality factor, alleviating students' concerns regarding daily life adjustments might be effective in promoting a willingness to go studying abroad.

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Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Cited by 18 publications

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Physical Activity: An Underestimated Investment in Human Capital?

Physical Activity: An Underestimated Investment in Human Capital?

Childhood physical activity as a labor market investment

Study of factors related to the attitudes toward studying abroad among preclinical/clinical undergraduate dental students at three dental schools in Japan

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