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Bessone, Pedro, Rao, Gautam, Schilbach, Frank, Schofield, Heather and Toma, Mattie (2021) The economic consequences of increasing sleep among the urban poor. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136 (3). pp. 1887-1941. doi:10.1093/qje/qjab013 ISSN 0033-5533.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab013
Abstract
The urban poor in developing countries face challenging living environments, which may interfere with good sleep. Using actigraphy to measure sleep objectively, we find that low-income adults in Chennai, India, sleep only 5.5 hours a night on average despite spending 8 hours in bed. Their sleep is highly interrupted, with sleep efficiency—sleep per time in bed—comparable to those with disorders such as sleep apnea or insomnia. A randomized three-week treatment providing information, encouragement, and improvements to home sleep environments increased sleep duration by 27 minutes a night by inducing more time in bed. Contrary to expert predictions and a large body of sleep research, increased nighttime sleep had no detectable effects on cognition, productivity, decision making, or well being, and led to small decreases in labor supply. In contrast, short afternoon naps at the workplace improved an overall index of outcomes by 0.12 standard deviations, with significant increases in productivity, psychological well-being, and cognition, but a decrease in work time.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sleep disorders -- Economic aspects -- India, Sleep disorders -- Social aspects -- India, Urban poor -- India, Actigraphy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Quarterly Journal of Economics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0033-5533 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 136 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1887-1941 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/qje/qjab013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Quarterly Journal of Economics following peer review. The version of record Pedro Bessone, Gautam Rao, Frank Schilbach, Heather Schofield, Mattie Toma, The Economic Consequences of Increasing Sleep Among the Urban Poor, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 136, Issue 3, August 2021, Pages 1887–1941 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab01. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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