%0 Report
        %A Marcus, Jan
%A Siedler, Thomas
%A Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
        %T The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14246
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14246
        %X 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.
        %K school health examinations
%K objective health measures
%K habit formation
%K obesity
%K primary school
%K voucher
%K physical activity
%K windfall gains
%K crowd-out
%K taxpayer subsidies