Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …

We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical … 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 …