The economics of sport, health and happiness
Subtitle: the promotion of well-being through sporting activities
By: edited by Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne, Brad R. Humphreys
Series: New horizons in the economics of sport; New horizons in the economics of sport
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham; Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780857930132
Subjects: Economic aspects; Well-being; Social policy; Sports
Other titles: Promotion of well-being through sporting activities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne, and Brad R. Humphreys; title: Participation in physical activity and health outcomes: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey  -- Jane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys; title: An economic analysis of the subjective health and well-being of physical activity  -- Paul Downward and Simona Rasciute; title: Physical activity and obesity in Spain: evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey  -- Jaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice, and Climent Quintana-Domeque; title: Does physical exercise affect demand for hospital services? Evidence from Canadian panel data  -- Nazmi Sari; title: Leisure sports participation in Switzerland  -- Michael Lechner; title: Do sporty people have access to higher job quality?  -- Charlotte Cabane; title: Team success, productivity, and economic impact  -- Michael C. Davis and Christian M. End; title: Sports participation and happiness: evidence from US micro data  -- Haifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys; title: Subjective well-being and engagement in sport: evidence from England  -- David Forrest and Ian G. McHale; title: High school sports and teenage births  -- Joseph Price and Daniel H. Simon; title: Physical activity and subjective well-being: an empirical analysis  -- Georgios Kavetsos; title: Sport opportunities and local well-being: is sport a local amenity? -- Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer, and Jorge Leyva.