Physical Activity of Adults: A Survey of Correlates, Determinants, and Effects

Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael

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“… 1 See Cabane and Lechner [2014] for an extensive survey on the determinants and outcomes of physical activity during adulthood. …”

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Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Cabane¹,

Clark²

2015

Annals of Economics and Statistics

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We here ask whether childhood sport participation is positively correlated with adult labour-market outcomes. There are many potential channels for this effect, although, as usual, identifying a causal relationship is difficult. We appeal to two widely-separated waves of Add Health data to map out the correlation between childhood sports and a number of adult labour-market outcomes. We show that different types of childhood sports are associated with both managerial responsibilities and autonomy at work when adult. We take the endogeneity of sport seriously, and appeal to a variety of techniques, including the use of data on siblings, in order to obtain estimates that are as close to unbiased as possible. Last, we compare the effect of sporting activities to that of other leisure activities.*

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“… 1 See Cabane and Lechner [2014] for an extensive survey on the determinants and outcomes of physical activity during adulthood. …”

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Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Cabane¹,

Clark²

2015

Annals of Economics and Statistics

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“…High school and college athletes earn more in labor markets (Barron, Ewing, and Waddell 2000;Cabane and Lechner 2014;Ewing 1998Ewing , 2007Lechner 2009;Lechner and Downward 2013;Lechner and Sari 2014;Long and Caudill 1991;McCormick and Tinsley 1987;Rehberg and Schafer 1968;Rooth 2011;Spreitzer and Pugh 2. For the purpose of our study, we will use the terms willpower and self-control interchangeably. The definition of willpower, according to Merriam-Webster is "the ability to control yourself."…”

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“…Participation in high school and college athletics has been linked to an earnings premium of between 4% and 10% (Barron, Ewing, and Waddell 2000;Cabane and Lechner 2014;Ewing 1998Ewing , 2007Lechner 2009;Lechner and Downward 2013;Lechner and Sari 2014;Long and Caudill 1991;McCormick and Tinsley 1987;Rehberg and Schafer 1968;Rooth 2011;Spreitzer and Pugh 1973;Stevenson 2010). Stevenson (2010) identified a causal link between athletic participation and greater labor force participation and higher wages among women.…”

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Exercising Willpower: Differences in Willpower Depletion Among Athletes and Nonathletes

Hoffer

Giddings

2015

Contemporary Economic Policy

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This study presents the results from a controlled experiment designed to test for differences in willpower depletion between athletes and nonathletes. Individuals with more willpower are more likely to have high school and college degrees, higher earnings, better jobs, lower crime and poverty rates, and are less likely to be obese. Recent research has established that reserves of willpower get depleted, leaving individuals unable to carry out tasks that require further self-control. The experimental results show that after administering a willpower-draining task, athletes persisted for significantly longer-exhibited less willpower depletion-on an unsolvable puzzle than nonathletes. (JEL C91, J24) "In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless." -Aleister Crowley

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“…Sport participation has been studied a lot since the healthy behaviour of individuals is important not only to the participants but also to the society. Some recent summary reviews can be found in Downward et al (2014), Cabane and Lechner (2014) or Downward and Rasciute (2015).…”

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The Intergenerational Transfer Effects on Sport Activity

Suominen¹

2015

AJSPO

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The intergenerational transfer effects from parents to their children are strong. We are testing the intergenerational transfer hypothesis using a Finnish data set collected in 2007. The survey allows not only studying intergenerational transfer effect in sport but also in movies at a cinema and classical music concerts participation. Consumers' preferences are modelled using a CES utility function. If sport (movies, classical music) are normal goods, higher incomes result in higher demand but lost income due to time spent in these leisure activities should decrease the demand. It turns out that lost income (Linder's disease) is important. Older persons who are already pensioners do not suffer from Linder's disease are more active sport, movies and classical music consumers than younger (e.g. 55-64 years old). The intergenerational transfer hypothesis is verified. In general if parents have been active sport exercisers their children are also active sport exercisers. Father's influence is significant even when the person is older than 55. Mother's influence in that case is not significant. However, mother's influence is important and significant in the cases of movies at a cinema and classical music even when the person is older than 55.

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Physical Activity of Adults: A Survey of Correlates, Determinants, and Effects

Cited by 11 publications

References 102 publications

Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Childhood Sporting Activities and Adult Labour-Market Outcomes

Exercising Willpower: Differences in Willpower Depletion Among Athletes and Nonathletes

The Intergenerational Transfer Effects on Sport Activity

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