养家者的负担: 经济担忧对失眠的影响
Breadwinner’s Burden: The Effect of Financial Concerns on Sleeplessness
AER: Insights · 2026 · [{"name": "Claire Duquennois", "affiliation": ["University of Pittsburgh"]}, {"name": "Maulik Jagnani", "affiliation": ["Tufts University"]}]
中文摘要
利用断点回归设计，我们发现，在印度尼西亚一项无条件现金转移支付发放后刚接受调查的符合资格的户主，与发放前刚接受调查的户主相比，报告的睡眠质量提高了 0.4 个标准差，并且在对睡眠剥夺敏感的认知任务上表现更好。现金转移支付似乎缓解了户主（通常是家庭经济支柱）的财务担忧，从而改善了他们的睡眠。发放后，符合资格的家庭增加储蓄、减少债务，户主感到更少担忧、沮丧和疲惫。这些效应在不符合资格的户主或符合资格家庭的其他成员中均未观察到。（JEL D12, D91, G51, I38, O12, O16）
Abstract
Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that eligible household heads surveyed just after an unconditional cash transfer in Indonesia report a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in sleep quality compared to those surveyed just before, and they perform better on cognitive tasks sensitive to sleep deprivation. The cash transfer appears to alleviate financial concerns for household heads—typically the breadwinners—improving their sleep. Postdisbursement, eligible households increase savings and reduce debts, and household heads feel less worried, frustrated, and tired. These effects are not observed in ineligible household heads or other members of eligible households. (JEL D12, D91, G51, I38, O12, O16)