Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245621 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14570
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is currently implemented by more than seventy countries, yet we do not have a clear knowledge of how it affects individuals' welfare. Using a regression discontinuity design combined with a differences-in-differences approach, we find that the Spring DST causes a significant decline in life satisfaction. By inducing a reallocation of time, the transition into DST deteriorates sleep and increases time stress, which in turn affects physical and emotional health. After performing a simple cost-benefit analysis, we find evidence suggestive that ending DST would exert a positive effect on welfare, namely the wellbeing costs associated with DST exceed its benefits.
Subjects: 
health
wellbeing
Daylight Saving Time
sleep
time stress
JEL: 
I18
K2
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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