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References for Sports, exercise, and labor market outcomes
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Further reading
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Key references
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Rooth, D. O. "Work out or out of
work: The labour market return to physical fitness and leisure
and sport activities" Labour
Economics 18:3 (2011): 399–409. Key reference: [1]
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Cabane, C., Hille, A., Lechner, M. Mozart or Pelé?
The Effects of Teenagers’ Participation in Music and
Sports University of
St. Gallen Economics Department Discussion
Paper, 2015. Key reference: [2]
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Cabane, C., Lechner, M. "Physical activity
of adults: A survey of correlates, determinants, and
effects" Jahrbücher für
Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Forthcoming. Key reference: [3]
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WHO Global
Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Press, 2010. Key reference: [4]
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Cawley, J. "An economic
framework for understanding physical activity and eating
behaviors" American Journal
of Preventive Medicine 27:3 (2004): 117–125. Key reference: [5]
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Grossman, M. The Demand for
Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation. New York: Columbia University Press for the National Bureau of
Economic Research, 1972. Key reference: [6]
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Downward, P. M., Lera-Lopez, F., Rasciute, S. "The economic
analysis of sports participation" In: Robinson, L., Chelladurai, P., Bodet, G., Downward, P. (eds). International
Handbook of Sports Management. London, UK: Routledge, 2011. Key reference: [7]
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Cabane, C. "Unemployment
duration and sport participation" International
Journal of Sport Finance 9:3 (2014): 261–280. Key reference: [8]
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Lechner, M., Downward, P. Heterogeneous
Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in
England IZA Discussion
Paper No.7690, 2013. Key reference: [9]
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Cornelissen, T., Pfeifer, C. "Sport und
Arbeitseinkommen: Individuelle Ertragsraten von Sportaktivitäten
in Deutschland" Jahrbuch für
Wirtschaftswissenschaften [Review of Economics] 59:3 (2008): 244–255. Key reference: [10]
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Lechner, M. "Long-run labour
market and health effects of individual sports
activities" The Journal of
Health Economics 28:4 (2009): 839–854. Key reference: [11]
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Lechner, M., Sari, N. Labor Market
Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel
Data IZA Discussion
Paper No.7931, 2014. Key reference: [12]
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Hyytinen, A., Lahtonen, J. "The effect of
physical activity on long-term income" Social Science
& Medicine 96:C (2013): 129–137. Key reference: [13]
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Rooth, D. O. "Work out or out of
work: The labour market return to physical fitness and leisure
and sport activities" Labour
Economics 18:3 (2011): 399–409.
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