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Too busy for school? : the effect of athletic participation on absenteeism

Cuffe, Harold E.; Waddell, Glen R.; Bignell, Wesley - 2014

While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...

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Organization and information in the fight against crime : an evaluation of the integration of police forces in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Soares, Rodrigo Reis; Souza, Igor Viveiros de - 2010

This paper explores the experience of information sharing, coordination, and integration of actions of the Civil and Military Polices in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the context of the IGESP program. The IGESP is based on the introduction of information management systems and...

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The cost impact of spam filters : measuring the effect of information system technologies in organizations

Caliendo, Marco; Clement, Michel; Papies, Dominik; … - 2008

More than 70% of global e-mail traffic consists of unsolicited and commercial direct marketing, also known as spam. Dealing with spam incurs high costs for organizations, prompting efforts to try to reduce spam-related costs by installing spam filters. Using modern econometric methods to reduce...

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Work out or out of work : the labor market return to physical fitness and leisure sport activities

Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2010

given different information about their type and level of leisure sport being engaged in. Applications which signal sport …

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Gender and self-selection into a competitive environment : are women more overconfident than men?

Nekby, Lena (contributor); … - 2007

Using a large running race in Sweden, this study shows that there are male-dominated environments in which the selection of women who participate are more likely to be confident/competitive and that, within this group, performance improves equally for both genders.

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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment : new evidence from Germany

Cornelißen, Thomas (contributor); … - 2007

Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized ordered probit models to estimate the effect of participation in sport … into sport, we find strong evidence that the effect of sport on educational attainment is statistically significant and … positive. -- Allocation of time ; education ; human capital ; sport …

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Sabotage in tournaments : evidence from a natural experiment

Balafoutas, Loukas; Lindner, Florian; Sutter, Matthias - 2012

Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an individual's perspective an attractive alternative to exerting positive effort. Yet, given its illegal and often immoral nature, sabotage is typically hidden, making it difficult to...

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Mozart or Pelé? : the effects of teenagers' participation in music and sports

Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - 2015

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this paper analyses the effects of spending part of adolescents' leisure time on playing music or doing sports, or both. We find that while playing music fosters educational outcomes compared to doing sports, particularly so for girls and children...

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The effect of non-cognitive traits on health behaviours in adolescence

Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and conscientiousness at age 15-16, on the incidence of health behaviours such...

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Gender and competition : evidence from jumping competitions

Böheim, René; Lackner, Mario - 2013

We analyze if female athletes differ from male athletes in their competitive behavior, using data from high jump and pole vault competitions. We estimate if female athletes use risky strategies as often as male athletes and whether or not their returns to risky strategies differ. Returns to...

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