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 …

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 …

This study investigates the short-term mortality effects of two age-based restrictions on legal access to alcohol in … alcohol has, at most, a minor impact on drunk driving and mortality at age 16 and 18 years. This study thus provides fresh …

The considerable literature on the value of a statistical life (VSL) documents the wage-mortality risk tradeoffs for …

This paper deals with age and educational dimensions of the labour supply in Russia and explores two time periods: from … are directly associated with such challenges as ageing and over-education of the labour force. Russia is not unique here …

, on the elderly mortality in Russia. According to our study, crises have led to an increase in mortality with … for the rise in mortality. While increases at a higher rate compared to overall mortality, alcohol-related mortality … explains a relatively small part of total mortality rise. …