Lost sleep and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a daylight saving time quasi-experiment.

Lost sleep and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a daylight saving time quasi-experiment.

The Internet is a powerful tool that has changed the way people work. However, the ubiquity of the Internet has led to a new workplace threat to productivity-cyberloafing. Building on the ego depletion model of self-regulation, we examine how lost and low-quality sleep influence employee cyberloafing behaviors and how individual differences in conscientiousness moderate these effects. We also d...

Journal of Applied Psychology Lost Sleep and Cyberloafing: Evidence From the Laboratory and a Daylight Saving Time Quasi-Experiment

CSEM WP 179 Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana

The history of Daylight Saving Time (DST) has been long and controversial. Throughout its implementation during World Wars I and II, the oil embargo of the 1970s, consistent practice today, and recent extensions, the primary rationale for DST has always been to promote energy conservation. Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little evidence that DST actually saves energy. This paper takes advan...

Does Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Indiana

This paper takes advantage of a natural experiment in the state of Indiana to estimate the effect of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on residential electricity consumption. Our main finding is that—contrary to the policy’s intent—DST increases residential electricity demand. Estimates of the overall increase are approximately 1 percent, but DST causes the greatest increase in electricity consumption...

Aggression and Sleep: A Daylight Saving Time Natural Experiment on the Effect of Sleep Loss and Gain on Assaults

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of a mild, short-term sleep loss/gain on assault rates. Methods. Using National Incidence Based Reporting System data and city-reported data from Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, we calculated the difference in assault rates on the Monday immediately following Daylight Saving Time (DST) as compared to the Monday a wee...