It makes perfect sense.
On less sleep, you are more tired, less productive and less likely to scoop that promotion you were hoping for.
Now a study by the London School of Economics has discovered that just sixty more minutes of z’s every night for mums could increase income by up to 11 per cent. That's a LOT.
Obviously, this is no surprise for many squinty eyed mums with sleepless infants. It is hard to function on sleep deprivation (but many of us do!)
But the authors say this is the first concrete study which backs up the conventional wisdom with some hard numbers.
The research was extensive and drew on data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children from 14,000 families from a child's birth to twenty-five years old.
TELL ME THEY ARE SLEEPING THE NIGHT BY 25!!
Researchers focused on the strong link between the number of times a child wakes up at night and parents’ income trajectory over time, with higher numbers of night-time awakenings leading to reduced earnings.
Interestingly, fathers are less affected than mothers by the sleeping habits of their children. Just wow.
Our advice? Ingrain that sentence to memory just to be sure and remember to whisper it to your partner at 3 am when the baby is roaring.
It's science!
