IZA Workshop: Economics of Time Use and Mental Health: Stress, Sleep, Fatigue and Employment

The well-being and mental health effects of labor market activity are a challenge for modern economies. This includes the effects of stress, fatigue, sleep as well as anxiety and depression. Covid-19 has put the healthy lifestyles of many families under strain, however, we still have little evidence on how it has transformed people use of time in terms of household allocation to a number of productive, and household activities.

This workshop will focus on discussing the effects of health behaviors on labor market, family and and household decisions.

Key themes

• Time use during Covid-19
• Time use and family health behaviors
• Time use and gender
• Behavioral effects time and financial stress
• Sleep and employment
• Fatigue and leisure consumption
• Sleep deprivation wellbeing
• Employment and time use
• Mental health and labor market

The keynote lecture will be delivered by Daniel S. Hamermesh (Barnard College and IZA; and IZA World of Labor Editor-in-Chief).

For further information, visit the workshop website.