The Labour Market Returns to Sleep
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LSE -
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
3 CESifo - Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
4 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
5 UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
6 CEP - LSE - Centre for Economic Performance
7 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8 Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga]
2 IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
3 CESifo - Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
4 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
5 UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
6 CEP - LSE - Centre for Economic Performance
7 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8 Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga]
Sarah Fleche
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- IdHAL : sarah-fleche
- ORCID : 0000-0001-8927-075X
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Résumé
The proportion of people sleeping less than the daily-recommended hours has increased. Yet, we know little about the labour market returns to sleep. We use longitudinal data from Germany and exploit exogenous variation in sleep duration induced by time and local variations in sunset time. We find that a 1-hour increase in weekly sleep increases employment by 1.6 percentage points and weekly earnings by 3.4%. Most of this earnings effect comes from productivity improvements, while the number of working hours decreases with sleep time. We identify one mechanism driving these effects, namely the better mental health workers experience from sleeping more hours.
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The Labour Market Returns to Sleep
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Résumé |
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The proportion of people sleeping less than the daily-recommended hours has increased. Yet, we know little about the labour market returns to sleep. We use longitudinal data from Germany and exploit exogenous variation in sleep duration induced by time and local variations in sunset time. We find that a 1-hour increase in weekly sleep increases employment by 1.6 percentage points and weekly earnings by 3.4%. Most of this earnings effect comes from productivity improvements, while the number of working hours decreases with sleep time. We identify one mechanism driving these effects, namely the better mental health workers experience from sleeping more hours.
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Auteur(s) |
Joan Costa-Font
1, 2, 3
, Sarah Fleche
4, 5, 6, 1, 7
, Ricardo Pagan
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LSE -
London School of Economics and Political Science
( 328453 )
- Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
- Royaume-Uni
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IZA -
Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics
( 237214 )
- Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 5-9 D-53113 Bonn Germany
- Allemagne
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CESifo -
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo for Economic Research
( 223734 )
- Poschinger Str.5 Munich, DE-81679 Germany
- Allemagne
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CES -
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 15080 )
- Maison des Sciences Économiques - 106-112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital - 75647 Paris Cedex 13
- France
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UP1 -
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
( 7550 )
- 12 place du Panthéon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
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CEP - LSE -
Centre for Economic Performance
( 151088 )
- Centre for Economic Performance
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
UK
- Royaume-Uni
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CNRS -
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
( 441569 )
- France
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Universidad de Málaga [Málaga] = University of Málaga [Málaga]
( 198404 )
- Avda. Cervantes, 2 29071 MÁLAGA
- Espagne
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Anglais
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Paternité
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Non
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Date de publication |
2022-11
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Description |
Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 2022.23 - ISSN : 1955-611X
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Commentaire |
URL des Documents de travail : https://centredeconomiesorbonne.cnrs.fr/publications/
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Mots-clés |
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sleep, employment, productivity, mental health, sunset times
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