Though there is clinical evidence linking pollution induced inflammatory factors and major depression and suicide, no … relationship between air pollution and suicide in the United States. Using detailed cause of death data from all death certificates … NASA satellite data, and suicide rates. Using wind direction as an instrument for reducing potentially endogeneity and …

We examine how income shocks affect the suicide rate in Indonesia. We use a difference-in-differences approach … program roll-out. Our estimates from the nationwide roll-out show that the cash transfers reduce the yearly suicide rate by 0 … agricultural productivity, also affects the suicide rate. The cash transfer program reduces the causal impact of the agricultural …

relationship between alcohol abuse (binge drinking and clinically defined alcohol use disorders) and suicide attempts among youth … relying on identifying assumptions. Our results suggest that a causal relationship between binge drinking and suicide attempts … and suicide attempts among girls …

impact of firearm ownership of firearm suicide rates. To deal with concerns of identification, we instrument for firearm … statistically significant impact on firearm suicide rates. A 10% increase in firearm ownership increases firearm suicide rates by 3 ….1%, which is five times larger than OLS estimates. Furthermore, we find no effect of gun ownership on non-firearm suicide rates …

We conduct the first-ever large-scale study of the relationship between air pollution and suicide using detailed cause … suicides and 0.171 more suicide-related hospitalizations (a 50% increase). Estimates using 2SLS are larger and more robust …