across all countries in East Asia, particularly in the People's Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea … microlevel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement …

may result in suicide, and lack of family companionship is often speculated to be a major cause. In this paper, we use … high-frequency suicide rate data and utilize a novel temporal variation in the lunisolar calendar to provide evidence on … companionship) on elderly suicide. We find that elderly suicide rate decreases by 8.7% during the Chinese Lunar New Year. In …