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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders … also find that youth received and redeemed the vouchers. However, we do not find significant short- or long-term effects on … sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520503
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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders … also find that youth received and redeemed the vouchers. However, we do not find significant short- or long-term effects on … sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494192
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The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence
Mendolia, Silvia - 2013
; unprotected and early sexual activity; and sports and physical activity. We use matching methods to control for a very rich set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083750
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The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight
Cawley, John; Meyerhoefer, Chad D.; Newhouse, David Locke - 2008
. We study nationwide data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System for 1999, 2001, and 2003 merged with data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217789
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Peer effects and multiple equilibria in the risky behavior of friends
Card, David E.; Giuliano, Laura - 2011
"We study social interactions in the risky behavior of best-friend pairs in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Focusing on friends who had not yet initiated a particular behavior (sex, smoking, marijuana use, truancy) by the first wave of the survey, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009157607
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Peer effects and multiple equilibria in the risky behavior of friends
Card, David E.; Giuliano, Laura - In: The review of economics and statistics 95 (2013) 4, pp. 1130-1149
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231020
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Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Risky Behavior of Friends
Card, David - 2011
We study social interactions in the risky behavior of best-friend pairs in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Focusing on friends who had not yet initiated a particular behavior (sex, smoking, marijuana use, truancy) by the first wave of the survey, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461569
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Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Risky Behavior of Friends
Card, David - 2011
We study social interactions in the risky behavior of best-friend pairs in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Focusing on friends who had not yet initiated a particular behavior (sex, smoking, marijuana use, truancy) by the first wave of the survey, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124547
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Watching the Grass Grow : Does Recreational Cannabis Legalization Affect Labor Outcomes?
JIANG, SICHAO; Miller, Keaton - 2021
Over the past several years, cannabis has become legal for recreational use in several U.S. states and jurisdictions around the world. The opening of these markets has led to the establishment of hundreds of cannabis production and retail firms with accompanying demand for labor, leading to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215437
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School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity
Millimet, Daniel L. - 2008
In light of the recent rise in childhood obesity, the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) have received renewed attention, despite the fact that they have existed for decades. The SBP, in particular, is viewed as a potentially important component of any policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726391