Edited by Plácido Rodríguez, University of Oviedo, Spain, the late Stefan Késenne, formerly University of Antwerp and KU Leuven, Belgium and Brad R. Humphreys, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, US

‘The reading of the book is stimulating and equally informative; engaging in sport activities appear to really matter for overall labour productivity market outcomes and the readers are told, individual life satisfaction is reportedly three times higher when participating in physical activity than happiness associated with employment. . . highly innovative and insightful, having the merit of filling a gap in the literature of the, yet under-researched, field of sports economics.’

• Contents: IntroductionPlácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne and Brad R. Humphreys1. Participation in Physical Activity and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health SurveyJane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys2. An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-being of Physical ActivityPaul Downward and Simona Rasciute3. Physical Activity and Obesity in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish National Health SurveyJaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque4. Does Physical Exercise Affect Demand for Hospital Services? Evidence from Canadian Panel DataNazmi Sari5. Leisure Sports Participation in SwitzerlandMichael Lechner6. Do Sporty People Have Access to Higher Job Quality?Charlotte Cabane7. Team Success, Productivity and Economic ImpactMichael C. Davis and Christian M. End8. Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from US Micro DataHaifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys9. Subjective Well-being and Engagement in Sport: Evidence from EnglandDavid Forrest and Ian G. McHale10. High School Sports and Teenage BirthsJoseph Price and Daniel H. Simon11. Physical Activity and Subjective Well-being: An Empirical AnalysisGeorgios Kavetsos12. Sport Opportunities and Local Well-being: Is Sport a Local Amenity?Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer and Jorge LeyvaIndex

Edited by Plácido Rodríguez, University of Oviedo, Spain, the late Stefan Késenne, formerly University of Antwerp and KU Leuven, Belgium and Brad R. Humphreys, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, US

‘The reading of the book is stimulating and equally informative; engaging in sport activities appear to really matter for overall labour productivity market outcomes and the readers are told, individual life satisfaction is reportedly three times higher when participating in physical activity than happiness associated with employment. . . highly innovative and insightful, having the merit of filling a gap in the literature of the, yet under-researched, field of sports economics.’

• Contents: IntroductionPlácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne and Brad R. Humphreys1. Participation in Physical Activity and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health SurveyJane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys2. An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-being of Physical ActivityPaul Downward and Simona Rasciute3. Physical Activity and Obesity in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish National Health SurveyJaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque4. Does Physical Exercise Affect Demand for Hospital Services? Evidence from Canadian Panel DataNazmi Sari5. Leisure Sports Participation in SwitzerlandMichael Lechner6. Do Sporty People Have Access to Higher Job Quality?Charlotte Cabane7. Team Success, Productivity and Economic ImpactMichael C. Davis and Christian M. End8. Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from US Micro DataHaifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys9. Subjective Well-being and Engagement in Sport: Evidence from EnglandDavid Forrest and Ian G. McHale10. High School Sports and Teenage BirthsJoseph Price and Daniel H. Simon11. Physical Activity and Subjective Well-being: An Empirical AnalysisGeorgios Kavetsos12. Sport Opportunities and Local Well-being: Is Sport a Local Amenity?Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer and Jorge LeyvaIndex

Edited by Plácido Rodríguez, University of Oviedo, Spain, the late Stefan Késenne, formerly University of Antwerp and KU Leuven, Belgium and Brad R. Humphreys, Department of Economics, West Virginia University, US

‘The reading of the book is stimulating and equally informative; engaging in sport activities appear to really matter for overall labour productivity market outcomes and the readers are told, individual life satisfaction is reportedly three times higher when participating in physical activity than happiness associated with employment. . . highly innovative and insightful, having the merit of filling a gap in the literature of the, yet under-researched, field of sports economics.’

• Contents: IntroductionPlácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne and Brad R. Humphreys1. Participation in Physical Activity and Health Outcomes: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health SurveyJane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys2. An Economic Analysis of the Subjective Health and Well-being of Physical ActivityPaul Downward and Simona Rasciute3. Physical Activity and Obesity in Spain: Evidence from the Spanish National Health SurveyJaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice and Climent Quintana-Domeque4. Does Physical Exercise Affect Demand for Hospital Services? Evidence from Canadian Panel DataNazmi Sari5. Leisure Sports Participation in SwitzerlandMichael Lechner6. Do Sporty People Have Access to Higher Job Quality?Charlotte Cabane7. Team Success, Productivity and Economic ImpactMichael C. Davis and Christian M. End8. Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from US Micro DataHaifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys9. Subjective Well-being and Engagement in Sport: Evidence from EnglandDavid Forrest and Ian G. McHale10. High School Sports and Teenage BirthsJoseph Price and Daniel H. Simon11. Physical Activity and Subjective Well-being: An Empirical AnalysisGeorgios Kavetsos12. Sport Opportunities and Local Well-being: Is Sport a Local Amenity?Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer and Jorge LeyvaIndex