%0 Report
        %A Knaus, Michael C.
%A Lechner, Michael
%A Reimers, Anne K.
        %T For Better or Worse? The Effects of Physical Education on Child Development
        %D 2018
        %8 2018 Jan
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11268
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11268
        %X This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required numbers of physical education lessons across and within German federal states. The results show improvements in cognitive skills. Boys' non-cognitive skills are adversely affected driven by increased peer relation problems. For girls, the results suggest improvements in motor skills and increased extra-curricular physical activities. Generally, we find no statistically significant effects on health parameters.
        %K physical education
%K cognitive skills
%K non-cognitive skills
%K motor skills
%K physical activity
%K health