The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
Jan Marcus,
Thomas Siedler and
Nicolas Ziebarth ()
No 34, CEPA Discussion Papers from Center for Economic Policy Analysis
Abstract:
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy’s objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several cohorts in Saxony and two neighboring states. Our difference-in-differences estimations show that, even after a decade, awareness of the voucher program was significantly higher in the treatment group. We also find that youth received and redeemed the vouchers. However, we do not find significant short- or long-term effects on sports club membership, physical activity, overweightness, or motor skills.
Keywords: physical activity; voucher; primary school; obesity; habit formation; objective health measures; school health examinations; windfall gains; crowding out; taxpayer subsidies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H71 I12 I14 I18 I28 I38 Z28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06
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