TY - BOOK AU - Rodríguez,Plácido AU - Késenne,Stefan AU - Humphreys,Brad R. TI - The economics of sport, health and happiness: the promotion of well-being through sporting activities T2 - New horizons in the economics of sport SN - 0857930133 AV - GV716 .E36 2011 U1 - 338.47796 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Sports KW - Economic aspects KW - Well-being KW - Social policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne, and Brad R. Humphreys --; Participation in physical activity and health outcomes: evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey; Jane E. Ruseski and Brad R. Humphreys --; An economic analysis of the subjective health and well-being of physical activity; Paul Downward and Simona Rasciute --; Physical activity and obesity in Spain: evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey; Jaume García Villar, Sonia Oreffice, and Climent Quintana-Domeque --; Does physical exercise affect demand for hospital services? Evidence from Canadian panel data; Nazmi Sari --; Leisure sports participation in Switzerland; Michael Lechner --; Do sporty people have access to higher job quality?; Charlotte Cabane --; Team success, productivity, and economic impact; Michael C. Davis and Christian M. End --; Sports participation and happiness: evidence from US micro data; Haifang Huang and Brad R. Humphreys --; Subjective well-being and engagement in sport: evidence from England; David Forrest and Ian G. McHale --; High school sports and teenage births; Joseph Price and Daniel H. Simon --; Physical activity and subjective well-being: an empirical analysis; Georgios Kavetsos --; Sport opportunities and local well-being: is sport a local amenity?; Tim Pawlowski, Christoph Breuer, and Jorge Leyva ER -