Riccardo Faini CEIS Seminars
Joan Costa-i-Font (LSE)

Parental Sleep and Employment: Evidence from a British Cohort Study

Riccardo Faini CEIS Seminars
When

Friday, May 12, 2017 h. 12:00-13:30

Where

Room B - 1st Floor – Building B
Facolta' di Economia
Universita' degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata'
Via Columbia 2, Roma

Description

Joan Costa-i-Font (LSE)

We show that sleep deprivation exerts a strong negative effect on labour market performance. We exploit variations in child sleep quality to instrument for parental sleep quality. A one-hour reduction in sleep duration significantly decreases labour force participation, the number of hour’s worked and household income. In addition, we find that low-skilled mothers are more
likely to opt out of the labour market and work less hours than high-skilled mothers when exposed to sleep deprivation. We argue that sleep is a major determinant of employment outcomes that needs more attention in designing economic models of time allocation and employment policies.

Contacts

Responsabile Scientifico
Marianna Brunetti

Organizzazione
Barbara Piazzi
CEIS
06-7259.5601
piazzi@ceis.uniroma2.it