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Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence
journal contribution
posted on 2016-12-15, 12:15 authored by Ute Schuttoff, Tim Pawlowski, Paul DownwardPaul Downward, Michael LechnerObjective: 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.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Social Science QuarterlyVolume
99Issue
2Pages
683-698Citation
SCHÜTTOFF, U. ... et al., 2017. Sports participation and social capital formation during adolescence. Social Science Quarterly, 99 (2), pp.683-698.Publisher
© John Wiley & SonsVersion
- 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
2017-08-28Copyright date
2018ISSN
0038-4941eISSN
1540-6237Publisher version
Language
- en