Male suicide rates in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Baltic countries increased substantially in the early 1990s and … that the general adult male mortality crisis in the region had a ‘feedback’ effect on suicide rates, with the loss of a … are now the highest in the world. To what extent is this suicide epidemic explained by the macroeconomic instability …

explains a large share of the mortality crisis, suggesting that Russia's transition to capitalism and democracy was not as …Political and economic transition is often blamed for Russia's 40% surge in deaths between 1990 and 1994 (the "Russian … Mortality Crisis"). Highlighting that increases in mortality occurred primarily among alcohol related causes and among working …

Male life expectancy at birth fell by over six years in Russia between 1989 and 1994. Many other countries of the … survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …

Is there a rational component in the decision to commit suicide? Economists have been trying to shed light on this … question by studying whether suicide rates are related to contemporaneous conditions. This paper goes one step further: we test … whether suicides are linked to forward-looking behavior. In Italy, collective sentence reductions (pardons) often lead to …

suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent … reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in the suicide rate of 20- through 29-year-old males, and a 9 … percent reduction in the suicide rate of 30- through 39-year-old males. Estimates of the relationship between legalization and …

effects of suicide thoughts and suicide attempts on the work and schooling activities of young adults as well as on their … control for past suicide thoughts and attempts of the individuals from their high school years as well as the suicide … suicide thoughts and suicide attempts decrease the hourly wage rate and the probability that a young adult individual works …

suicide than those in other parts of Great Britain. This result is particularly driven by outcomes in Strathclyde and is …

firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent …

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 …