Sports Participation and Academic Performance: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Autor/inn/en	Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J.
Titel	Sports Participation and Academic Performance: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 5, S.751-759 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.008
Schlagwörter	Athletics; Academic Achievement; Program Effectiveness; High School Students; Economics; Student Participation; Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leichtathletik; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation
Abstract	It has been argued that high school sports participation increases motivation and teaches teamwork and self-discipline. While several studies have shown that students who participate in athletic activities perform better in school than those who do not, it is not clear whether this association is a result of positive academic spillovers, or due to the influence of unobservables. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and a variety of statistical techniques designed to distinguish between these hypotheses, we examine the effect of sports participation on several measures of academic performance. Our results provide only limited evidence that sports participation leads to enhanced academic performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10