- Study by the London School of Economics shows correlation between parents’ income and the amount of time they spend soothing their baby back to sleep
- They showed the exhaustion affects work performance, drives them to quit
- Every hour of crying cut parents’ income by 11%, the study claimed
Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
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It’s a brutal reality all new parents have to face, the exhaustion of soothing their crying baby at all hours of the day and night.
But a new study reveals there could be another painful side effect as a result of their sleep deprivation: it starts to affect their household income.
Researchers at the London School of Economics claim every hour of crying drives down a family’s bank balance by 11 percent.
Why? It starts to encroach on the parents’ work performance, making them more likely to lose their job or voluntarily quit to look for something less demanding and less lucrative.
A new study by the London School of Economics reveals there could be another painful side effect as a result of new parents’ sleep deprivation: it affects their household income
Lead author Dr Joan Costa-Font says that while all parents expect their bank balance to suffer after childbirth, this is the first study linking their sleep quality to income.
The research was presented at the Royal Society of Economics conference on Wednesday in Bristol, England, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Dr Costa-Font told the conference: ‘Lack of sleep is responsible for human fatigue, and can undermine economic performance.
‘Sleep is often overlooked in economics models despite its obvious restorative effects on human health alongside its influence on brain plasticity and feelings of well-being.’
To investigate, the researchers analyzed data from an ongoing study, which has followed 14,000 families since 1991.
They compared the family’s changing income with the number of times their children woke up at night.
Unequivocally, they found a correlation between time spent awake soothing a child, and loss of income.
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