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Exploring the role of sport as physical activity for health promotion in Europe

Downward, Paul; Wicker, Pamela; Rasciute, Simona - In: A modern guide to sports economics, (pp. 241-257). 2021

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Productivity and Health : Physical Activity as a Measure of Effort

Akogun, Oladele - 2020

We study the relationship between physical activity as a direct measure of effort and productivity. First, we evaluate the association of agricultural workers' physical activity with their daily productivity, which is directly observed from company personnel piece-rate payment records, and find...

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Young Latino Children Obesity : The Importance of Socioeconomic Status, Home Language, TV Watching, and Physical Activity

Galindo, Caludia - 2017

The incidence of young Latino children obesity is a public health concern. Among 5-year-olds, 16% of Latinos are obese compared with 10% of whites. Obesity disparities between non-Latino white and Latino children increase significantly with age. The purpose of this study is to examine the...

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Productivity and Health : Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity

Akogun, Oladele - 2017

This paper investigates an alternative proxy for individual worker productivity in physical work settings: a direct measure of physical activity using an accelerometer. First, the paper compares worker labor outcomes, such as labor supply and daily productivity obtained from firm personnel data,...

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Productivity and Health : Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity

Akogun, Oladele B. - 2018

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Sex Segregation in Sports as a Public Health Issue

Leong, Nancy - 2018

segregation in sports by approaching sex segregation in sports as a public health issue. Participation in sports has consequences … disorders. Critically, sex segregation in sports both reduces women's participation in sports and changes the nature of the … sports in which women participate, both of which have implications for the myriad health issues we discuss. The Article …

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Happier elderly residents : the positive impact of physical activity on objective and subjective health condition of elderly people in nursing homes : evidence from a multi-site ra...

Senik-Leygonie, Claudia; Zappalà, Guglielmo; Milcent, … - 2021

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Behaviour determinants in the research for health-related quality of life and physical activity of urban adults from single-person households

Nagody-Mrozowicz, Kazimierz; Puciato, Daniel; Rozpara, … - In: European research studies 24 (2021) 1, pp. 1244-1256

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The long-run effects of sports club vouchers for primary school children

Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021

Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders … sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills. …

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Productivity and health : physical activity as a measure of effort

Akogun, Oladele; Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; … - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 35 (2021) 3, pp. 652-680

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