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The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children

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  • Jan Marcus
  • Thomas Siedler
  • Nicolas R. Ziebarth

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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-indifferences 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.

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  • Jan Marcus & Thomas Siedler & Nicolas R. Ziebarth, 2021. "The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children," NBER Working Papers 28819, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:28819
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    1. Krekel, Christian & Kavetsos, Georgios & Ziebarth, Nicolas R., 2025. "Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 377(C).
    2. Diarmaid Ó Ceallaigh & Kirsten I.M. Rohde & Hans van Kippersluis, 2024. "Skipping your workout, again? Measuring and understanding time inconsistency in physical activity," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 24-028/V, Tinbergen Institute.
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    5. Augurzky, Boris & Bauer, Thomas K. & Reichert, Arndt R. & Schmidt, Christoph M. & Tauchmann, Harald, 2025. "Obesity And Cash Rewards," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 57(C).
    6. Mehic, Adrian, 2024. "The Long-Term Effects of Early Sports Selection," Working Paper Series 1513, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
    7. Bridget C. Foley & Natalie Turner & Katherine B. Owen & David Cushway & Jacqueline Nguyen & Lindsey J. Reece, 2023. "“It Goes Hand in Hand with Us Trying to Get More Kids to Play” Stakeholder Experiences in a Sport and Active Recreation Voucher Program," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-18, February.

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    JEL classification:

    • H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • Z28 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics - - - Policy

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