RT Journal Article
T1 The labour market returns to sleep.
A1 Costa-Font, Joan
A1 Fleche, Sarah
A1 Pagán-Rodríguez, Ricardo Braulio
K1 Mercado de trabajo - Aspectos sociales
AB Despite the growing prevalence of insufficient sleep among individuals, we still know little aboutthe labour market return to sleep. To address this gap, we use longitudinal data from Germanyand leverage exogenous fluctuations in sleep duration caused by variations in time and localsunset times. Our findings reveal that a one-hour increase in weekly sleep is associated with a1.6 percentage point rise in employment and a 3.4% increase in weekly earnings. Such effecton earnings stems from productivity improvements given that the number of working hoursdecreases with longer sleep duration. We also identify a key mechanism driving these effects,namely the enhanced mental well-being experienced by individuals who sleep longer hours.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35600
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35600
LA eng
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026