In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about … afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 … suicide. We address issues of bias from mental illness, misreporting, weather conditions, within-county heterogeneity …

We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 – 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth …

We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for … circumvent selectivity bias. Protestantism had a substantial positive effect on suicide in 1816-21 and 1869-71. We address issues …