Wednesday, 10/14/2020
13h15 | Online
The
Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary
School Children
Starting
in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers
among
all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy’s objective was to encourage
them
to
develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based
survey
among several cohorts in Saxony and two neighboring states. Our
difference-indifferences
estimations
show that, even after a decade, awareness of the voucher program
was
significantly higher in the treatment group. We 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.
Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas e Empresariais (NIPE)
Escola de Economia e Gestão (EEG)
Universidade do Minho
Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga
Tel.: +351 253604518
Email: nipe@eeg.uminho.pt
Site: http://www.nipe.eeg.uminho.pt
