TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Giuntella, Osea
AU  - Mazzonna, Fabrizio
        TI  - If You Don't Snooze You Lose: Evidence on Health and Weight
        PY  - 2016/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9773
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9773
        AB  - Most economic models consider sleeping as a pre-determined and homogeneous constraint on individuals' time allocation neglecting its potential effects on health and human capital. Several medical studies provide evidence of important associations between sleep deprivation and health outcomes suggesting a large impact on health care systems and individual productivity. Yet, there is little causal analysis of the effects of sleep duration. This paper uses a spatial regression discontinuity design to identify the effects of sleep on health status, weight, and cognitive abilities. Our results suggest that delaying morning work schedules and school start times may have non-negligible effects on health.
        KW  - regression discontinuity
KW  - time use
KW  - sleep deprivation
KW  - obesity
KW  - health
        ER  -