TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cornelissen, Thomas
AU  - Pfeifer, Christian
        TI  - The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment: New Evidence from Germany
        PY  - 2007/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3160
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3160
        AB  - We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport activities on secondary school degrees and professional degrees. Even after controlling for important variables and selection into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and positive.
        KW  - human capital
KW  - education
KW  - allocation of time
KW  - sport
        ER  -