2134/21944 Tim Pawlowski Tim Pawlowski Ute Schuttoff Ute Schuttoff Paul Downward Paul Downward Michael Lechner Michael Lechner Can sport really help to meet the Millennium Development Goals? Evidence from children in Peru Loughborough University 2016 Social capital Human capital Well-being Health Sports participation Development Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified 2016-07-08 13:40:14 Journal contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Can_sport_really_help_to_meet_the_Millennium_Development_Goals_Evidence_from_children_in_Peru/9618953 In contrast to the popular policy claim that sport might serve as vehicle to meet the Millennium Development Goals, empirical evidence based on large-scale survey data is largely missing. We use panel data based on a cohort of children and employ propensity score matching to identify the effects of sports participation on child development in Peru. Our findings suggest that participation in a sports group has positive impacts on subjective health and a measure of social capital. However, and in contrast to developed countries, we find no statistically significant effects on well-being and human capital formation.