Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177072 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11268
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study analyses the effects of regular physical education at school on cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, motor skills, physical activity, and health. It is based on a very informative data set, the German Motorik-Modul, and identifies the effect by using variation in the required numbers of physical education lessons across and within German federal states. The results show improvements in cognitive skills. Boys' non-cognitive skills are adversely affected driven by increased peer relation problems. For girls, the results suggest improvements in motor skills and increased extra-curricular physical activities. Generally, we find no statistically significant effects on health parameters.
Subjects: 
physical education
cognitive skills
non-cognitive skills
motor skills
physical activity
health
JEL: 
I26
Z28
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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