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Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence

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posted on 2016-12-15, 12:15 authored by Ute Schuttoff, Tim Pawlowski, Paul DownwardPaul Downward, Michael Lechner
Objective: National and international policies claim that young people’s sports participation improves their social capital. This paper is the first to examine if sports participation has a causal effect on social capital formation during adolescence and whether such effects depend on the organizational format or the type of sports practiced. Methods: Propensity score matching is employed in the analysis with possible endogeneity removed by exploiting the information in, and the structure of, the German Socio-Economic Panel. Results: Regular sports participation positively impacts adolescents’ social capital through volunteering, helping friends and civic involvement. Furthermore, these effects seem to develop predominantly in sports clubs (in contrast to other organizational formats). Conclusion: The empirical evidence of this study is suggestive of the relevant societal role of non-profit clubs as institutions for practicing sport.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

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Social Science Quarterly

Volume

99

Issue

2

Pages

683-698

Citation

SCHÜTTOFF, U. ... et al., 2017. Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence. Social Science Quarterly, 99 (2), pp.683-698.

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© John Wiley & Sons

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: SCHÜTTOFF, U. ... et al., 2017. Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence. Social Science Quarterly, 99 (2), pp.683-698, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12453. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

Publication date

2017-08-28

Copyright date

2018

ISSN

0038-4941

eISSN

1540-6237

Language

  • en

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