TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Marcus, Jan
AU  - Siedler, Thomas
AU  - Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
        TI  - The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
        PY  - 2021/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14246
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14246
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - school health examinations
KW  - objective health measures
KW  - habit formation
KW  - obesity
KW  - primary school
KW  - voucher
KW  - physical activity
KW  - windfall gains
KW  - crowd-out
KW  - taxpayer subsidies
        ER  -