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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011
-curricular activities, on children's skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school … datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118501
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Sports and Child Development
Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - CESifo - 2011
-curricular activities, on children’s skill development. Our results indicate positive effects: both cognitive skills, measured by school … datasets as well as alternative estimation and identification strategies. The effects can be partially explained by increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367395
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After-School Care and Parents' Labor Supply
Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Thiemann, Petra - CESifo - 2013
Does after-school care provision promote mothers’ employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of schoolchildren? We address this question by exploiting variation in cantonal (state) regulations of after-school care provision in Switzerland. To establish exogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877962
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After-School Care and Parents' Labor Supply
Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Thiemann, Petra - 2021
Does after-school care provision promote mothers’ employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of schoolchildren? We address this question by exploiting variation in cantonal (state) regulations of after-school care provision in Switzerland. To establish exogeneity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315681
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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul M. - 2021
through matching estimation whilst controlling for some important confounding factors. The results suggest a link between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315710
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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise : Evidence from Canadian Panel Data
Lechner, Michael - 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057258
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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2021
the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316049