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 …

difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …

difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …

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 … gender composition. -- religion ; suicide ; Prussian economic history …