Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Health Econ. 2019 Mar;28(3):437-442. doi: 10.1002/hec.3849. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
This paper uses the American Time Use Survey from 2003 to 2015 to analyze the effect of economic conditions on sleep duration. Prior work has found that increases in the employment rate cause sleep duration of individuals to fall. No previous research considers that weekday sleep behavior and weekend sleep behavior may be differentially related to economic conditions. Estimates suggest that weekday sleep duration is indeed countercylical whereas weekend sleep duration is procyclical. Results are driven by individuals most susceptible to economic fluctuations: minorities, single adults, and individuals with less education. Differential results concerning economic conditions and sleep by day type may be one mechanism for which to expect economic conditions to impact other sleep-related outcomes diversely depending on day of the week.
本文利用 2003 年至 2015 年的美国时间使用调查数据，分析了经济条件对睡眠时间的影响。先前的研究发现，就业率的提高会导致个人睡眠时间减少。但之前没有研究考虑到工作日睡眠行为和周末睡眠行为可能与经济条件存在差异关系。研究结果表明，工作日睡眠时间确实与经济周期呈反方向变化，而周末睡眠时间则与经济周期呈同方向变化。这些结果主要受经济波动影响最大的人群驱动：少数族裔、单身成年人和受教育程度较低的个体。不同的经济条件和睡眠时间与日间类型的关系可能是一种机制，即预期经济条件会根据一周中的不同日期对其他与睡眠相关的结果产生不同的影响。
