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The Olympic Effect
Rose, Andrew K. - 2009
Economists are skeptical about the economic benefits of hosting "mega-events" such as the Olympic Games or the World Cup, since such activities have considerable cost and seem to yield few tangible benefits. These doubts are rarely shared by policy-makers and the population, who are typically...
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Who Wins the Olympic Games : Economic Development and Medal Totals
Bernard, Andrew B. - 2000
This paper examines determinants of Olympic success at the country level. Does the U.S. win its fair share of Olympic medals? Why does China win 6% of the medals even though it has 1/5 of the world's population? We consider the role of population and economic development in determining medal...
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Time Spent Exercising and Obesity : An Application of Lewbel’s Instrumental Variables Method
Courtemanche, Charles J. - 2020
This paper examines the role physical activity plays in determining body mass using data from the American Time Use Survey. Our work is the first to address the measurement error that arises when time use during a single day--rather than average daily time use over an extended period--is used as...
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Who Profits From Amateurism? Rent-Sharing in Modern College Sports
Garthwaite, Craig - 2020
rents flow to women's sports and other men's sports and lead to increased spending on facilities, coaches' salaries, and … other athletic department personnel. Using complete roster data for every student-athlete playing sports at these schools in … collective bargaining agreements in professional sports leagues as a benchmark. We also discuss how our results help understand …
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Estimation of a Dynamic Model of Weight
Ng, Shu Wen - 2010
The ongoing debate about the economic causes of obesity has focused on the changing relative prices of diet and exercise. This paper uses a model that explicitly includes time and spatially varying community-level urbanicity and price measures as instruments to obtain statistically correct...
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Physical Activity : Economic and Policy Factors
McInnes, Melayne M. - 2009
While much research has focused on the costs of obesity and economic factors that drive obesity growth, little economic research has examined the factors that contribute to obesity -- physical inactivity and poor nutrition. This paper will examine correlates and predictors of physical activity...
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Interracial Workplace Cooperation : Evidence from the NBA
Price, Joseph - 2009
Using data from the National Basketball Association (NBA), we examine whether patterns of workplace cooperation occur disproportionately among workers of the same race. We find that, holding constant the composition of teammates on the floor, basketball players are no more likely to complete an...
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No Time to Lose? Time Constraints and Physical Activity
Mullahy, John - 2008
Although individuals are all endowed with the same time budgets, time use patterns differ owing to heterogeneity in preferences and constraints. In today's health policy arena there is considerable discussion about how to improve health outcomes by increasing levels of physical activity. In this...
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Effects of Title IX and Sports Participation on Girls' Physical Activity and Weight
Kaestner, Robert - 2006
In this study, we examined the association between girls' participation in high school sports and the physical activity …, weight, body mass and body composition of adolescent females during the 1970s when girls' sports participation was … dramatically increasing as a result of Title IX. We found that increases in girls' participation in high school sports, a proxy for …
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The Impact of State Physical Education Requirements on Youth Physical Activity and Overweight
Cawley, John - 2005
To combat childhood overweight, which has risen dramatically in the past three decades, many medical and public health organizations have called for students to spend more time in physical education (PE) classes. This paper is the first to exploit state PE requirements as quasi-natural...
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