The economics of sport, health and happiness: the promotion of well-being through sporting activities/ edited by Plácido Rodríguez, Stefan Késenne, Brad R. Humphreys.

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.