Cawley, John; Meyerhoefer, Chad; Newhouse, David - In: Health Economics 16 (2007) 12, pp. 1287-1301
To combat childhood overweight in the US, 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 examine the impact of state PE requirements on...