Unemployment and sleep: evidence from the United States and Europe

David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson

Economics & Human Biology, 2021, vol. 43, issue C

Abstract: Using data for over 2.5 million individuals in the United States over the period 2006–2019 from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey series we show the unemployed suffer sleep disruption. The unemployed suffer more short and long sleep than the employed and are more likely to suffer from disturbed sleep. These are especially problematic for the long-term unemployed and for the jobless who say they are unable to work. Similar findings on unemployment and poor sleep quality are found in European data. Increases in the unemployment rate raise the incidence of short sleep and lower sleep durations.

Keywords: Sleep; Short sleep; Long sleep; Disturbed sleep; Unemployment; Unable to work; Joblessness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101042

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