Academic Performance and Salary Expectations of Couch Potatoes, Recreational and Elite Athletes: Evidence from Germany

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Jeudi 2 mai 2024 - 16h30 à 18h00

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lucie.hemeury@unil.ch
Conférencière(s) ou conférencier(s): Bernd Frick Université de Paderborn - Markus Lang Université de Lausanne

Using a large sample with detailed information on some 4,700 students attending 25 different universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany, we show that elite athletes (indi-viduals competing in their respective sport at the national and international level) have better grades and expect higher career earnings than observationally similar couch potatoes and rec-reational athletes. These findings remain statistically significant when including motivational variables in the different regression models in order to control for the motivation and discipline that inspires “dual career students”.

Publié du 14 avril 2024 au 2 mai 2024
Centre d'Etudes Olympiques et de la Globalisation Sportive (CEOGS)
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