Sleep, health, and human capital: Evidence from daylight saving time

Jin, Lawrence; Ziebarth, Nicolas R.

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2019.12.003

Cited by 64 publications

(41 citation statements)

References 47 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…hospitalizations (Jin and Ziebarth, 2020), accidents (Smith, 2016), and civic behaviors (Holbein et al, 2019). The differences of our findings from these papers may be due to our focus on a developing country, where sleep quality is low due to poor living environments.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 56%

The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

Bessone

Rao

Schilbach

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 56%

The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

Bessone

Rao

Schilbach

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Channels 4 and 5 are likely active in our settings, but data availability limits our ability to assess their contributions to our results. With regard to channel 6, there is evidence that sleep disruptions decrease with cold temperatures and increase with hotter temperatures, and that sleep is closely related to mental health (Obradovich et al, 2017;Jin and Ziebarth, 2017;Lõhmus, 2018) as well as aggressive behaviors and violence (Krizan and Herlache, 2016). In the next section, we assess whether sleep might be an active channel behind our results.…”

Section: Temperatures Directly Impact Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 95%

Temperature and mental health: Evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes

Mullins

White

2019

Journal of Health Economics

224

134

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.

show abstract

“…The Center for Disease Control in the US recently declared insufficient sleep a public health problem (Liu, ; Wheaton, ). Recent studies in economics found support for a negative association between sleep and return to wages (Gibson & Shrader, ) and productivity (Jin & Ziebarth, ). The estimated economic cost of insufficient sleep is among the highest in the US ($411 billion per year) and, according to one estimate, the US loses an equivalent of about 1.23 million working days per year due to insufficient sleep (Hafner, Stepanek, Taylor, Troxel, & van Stolk, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Light pollution and insufficient sleep: Evidence from the United States

Patel

2019

American J Hum Biol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives: The objective of this study was to test whether light pollution is associated with lower or insufficient sleep. The American Medical Association recently issued a public notice cautioning against the effects of nighttime light on sleep quality and quantity. Light pollution, through the suprachiasmatic nucleus, disrupts circadian rhythm by reducing the secretion of melatonin, a sleep-inducing hormone. Methods: I used 282 403 individual self-reports of sleep hours and insufficient sleep from the 2014 and 2016 metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area (MMSA) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the prevalence of insufficient sleep during 2014 in 2823 US counties from the County Health Rankings. The nighttime artificial light data are from the cloud-free Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite available from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the US. Results: At the MMSA level, for a 10-unit increase in nighttime light (nW/[cm 2 sr]) the estimated decline in sleep was about 5.59 minutes per day and the odds of reporting insufficient sleep (<7 hours) increased by 13.77%. At the county-level, for a 10-unit increase in nighttime light, the prevalence of insufficient sleep increased by 2.19%. Conclusions: Although light pollution was negatively associated with sleep outcomes, the practical effect sizes were small. The small effects suggest that the effects at the population level are negligible, and the effect of nighttime light pollution is more idiosyncratic.

show abstract

Sleep, health, and human capital: Evidence from daylight saving time

Cited by 64 publications

References 47 publications

The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor

Temperature and mental health: Evidence from the spectrum of mental health outcomes

Light pollution and insufficient sleep: Evidence from the United States

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About