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March 18, 2016

How (lack of) sleep affects our economic behavior

Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]

  • circadian rhythm
  • cognitive skills
  • education
  • health
  • labor market
  • labor productivity
  • numerical skills
  • risk preferences
  • sleep
  • sleep patterns
  • slepp deprivation
  • Christian Pfeifer
  • David L. Dickinson
  • Fabrizio Mazzonna
  • Lawrence Jin
  • Marco Castillo
  • Nicolas R. Ziebarth
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Ragan Petrie
  • Teny Maghakian Shapiro
  • Todd McElroy
  • Wei Han
Research

November 20, 2019

Why don’t we sleep enough?

Field experiment explores the role of behavioral biases in sleep choice and shows that monetary incentives work

  • behavior
  • commitment
  • field experiment
  • habits
  • overconfidence
  • self-control
  • sleep
  • Mallory Avery
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Peiran Jiao
Research

June 25, 2014

Want better grades? Get a good night’s sleep!

Students who sleep seven hours per night during the exam period score an average of 1.7 points higher (on a […]

  • achievement
  • cognitive ability
  • exams
  • motivation
  • sleep
  • students
  • Aurélie Vermeir
  • Dieter Verhaest
  • Eddy Omey
  • Stijn Baert
Research

September 7, 2016

Different sleep cycles can explain part of the gender performance gap in education

Girls largely outperform boys academically in middle and high school. Performance gaps begin to arise as early as in third […]

  • education
  • gender performance gap
  • school start time
  • sleep
  • sleep cycle
  • sleep deprivation
  • sleep patterns
  • student performance
  • Hilmar Schneider
  • Lester Lusher
  • Teny Maghakian Shapiro
  • Vasil Yasenov
IZA News

October 28, 2021

New contributions of economic research to the study of time, sleep and stress

IZA workshop on the economics of time use and mental health

  • fatigue
  • mental health
  • sleep
  • stress
  • time use
Research

February 23, 2015

Don’t doze off… Being tired might make you risky

It is common sense that making important decisions after a night of poor sleep might be a bad idea. Marco […]

  • experiment
  • irrational
  • preferences
  • rationality
  • risk
  • sleepiness
  • tired
  • David L. Dickinson
  • Marco Castillo
  • Ragan Petrie
Research

January 16, 2015

How health status affects individual time use

Economics is the science on scarce resources. And what is more scarce than time in modern societies? A recent literature […]

  • allocation
  • Europe
  • happiness
  • health
  • leisure
  • subjective well-being
  • time
  • time use
  • work
  • J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal
  • José Alberto Molina
Research

June 4, 2021

Loneliness and social isolation in Europe

The pandemic's toll on loneliness could have consequences long after the virus recedes

  • COVID-19
  • Europe
  • loneliness
  • social isolation
  • Beatrice d'Hombres
  • Martina Barjaková
  • Sylke V. Schnepf
Research

January 30, 2020

Extensive social media use hurts teenagers’ mental health

Moderate daily use has positive effects on peer relationships

  • mental health
  • peer pressure
  • social media
  • teenagers
  • well-being
  • Oleg Yerokhin
  • Paul McNamee
  • Silvia Mendolia
Research

August 15, 2014

Living with a stranger: The “Retired Husband Syndrome” in Japan

Retirement is not just a major turning point in the life of a working man, but it often affects his […]

  • depression
  • early retirement
  • female labor supply
  • health
  • husband
  • Japan
  • marriage
  • retirement
  • stress
  • wife
  • Giorgio Brunello
  • Marco Bertoni
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