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Children’s Sleep and Human Capital Production

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  • Maulik Jagnani

    (University of Colorado Denver)

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This paper uses exogenous variation in sleep induced by sunset time to present the first human capital estimates of (i) the effects of child sleep from the developing world and (ii) the long-run effects of child sleep in any context. Later sunset reduces children’s sleep: when the sun sets later, children go to bed later but fail to compensate by waking up later. Sleep-deprived children study less and increase nap time and indoor leisure activities. Short-run sleep loss decreases children’s test scores. Chronic sleep deficits translate into fewer years of education and lower primary and middle school completion rates among school-age children.

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  • Maulik Jagnani, 2024. "Children’s Sleep and Human Capital Production," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 106(4), pages 983-996, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:106:y:2024:i:4:p:983-996
    DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01201
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    1. Nguyen, Ha Trong & Zubrick, Stephen R. & Mitrou, Francis, 2024. "Daylight duration and time allocation of children and adolescents," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 55(C).
    2. Bertoni, Marco & Meli, Francesca & Rocco, Lorenzo, 2025. "Rest Assured. The Effects of Sleep on Labor Productivity," IZA Discussion Papers 17618, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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