Sports participation and academic performance: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 751-759

  Rees, Daniel I ^a   Sabia, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Educational economics; Sports participation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENCE; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SPORT;

EID: 77955424134     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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