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

Jan Marcus, T. Siedler, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
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Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the twenty-first century. While small-scale experiments change behaviors among adults in the short run, we know little about the effectiveness of large-scale policies or the longer-run impacts. To nudge primary school children into a long-term habit of exercising, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in 2009. In 2018, we carried out a register-based survey to evaluate the policy. 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. Apparently, membership vouchers for children are not a strong enough policy tool to overcome barriers to exercise regularly. (JEL H75, I12, I18, I21, I28, J13, Z21)
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小学儿童体育俱乐部券的长期效果
儿童肥胖是21世纪最严重的公共卫生挑战之一。虽然小规模的实验在短期内改变了成年人的行为,但我们对大规模政策的有效性或长期影响知之甚少。为了促使小学生养成长期锻炼的习惯,德国萨克森州在2009年向所有3.3万名三年级学生发放了体育俱乐部会员券。2018年,我们开展了一项基于登记册的调查来评估该政策。即使在十年后,治疗组对代金券计划的认识也明显更高。我们还发现,青少年收到并兑换了代金券。然而,我们没有发现显著的短期或长期影响体育俱乐部会员,体育活动,超重,或运动技能。显然,为儿童提供的会员券并不是一个足够强大的政策工具,不足以克服定期锻炼的障碍。(jel h75, i12, i18, i21, i28, j13, z21)
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