TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Knaus, Michael C.
AU  - Lechner, Michael
AU  - Reimers, Anne K.
        TI  - For Better or Worse? The Effects of Physical Education on Child Development
        PY  - 2018/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11268
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11268
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - physical education
KW  - cognitive skills
KW  - non-cognitive skills
KW  - motor skills
KW  - physical activity
KW  - health
        ER  -