Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for … still pervasive. Our instrumental-variable model exploits the concentric dispersion of Protestantism around Wittenberg to … circumvent selectivity bias. Protestantism had a substantial positive effect on suicide in 1816-21 and 1869-71. We address issues …