The Economics of Daylight Saving: It’s All In The Timing

Twice a year most Australians are made to deliberately mess with
our body clocks. When we go into daylight saving and when we come
out.


Many of us love the longer summer evenings. What we don’t love is
the sleep adjustment that makes us feel tired, fuzzy and out of
sorts.


There are plenty of arguments about whether daylight saving is a
good or bad thing.


So in this episode we look at the costs and benefits and whether
it’s time to rethink the concept.


Guests:


Dr Thomas Sigler, Associate Professor, University of Queensland


Allison Schrager, Economist & Senior Fellow at the Manhattan
Institute


Dr Yevgeny Mugerman, Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University


Dr Jayanta Sarkar, Associate Professor, Queensland University of
Technology