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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide : Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures

Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Schaller, Jessamyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This study explores the effect of in-person schooling on youth suicide. We document three key findings. First, using …

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The Re-Emerging Suicide Crisis in the U.S : Patterns, Causes and Solutions

Marcotte, Dave E.; Hansen, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The suicide rate in the United States has risen nearly 40 percent since 2000. This increase is puzzling because suicide … changing rate of suicide. General trends miss the story of important differences across groups - suicide rates rose … substantially among middle aged persons between 2005 and 2015 but have fallen since. Among young people, suicide rates began a rapid …

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Suicidal behavior and the labor market productivity of young adults

Tekin, Erdal; Markowitz, Sara - 2005

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Suicidal behavior and the labor market productivity of young adults

Tekin, Erdal (contributor); Markowitz, Sara (contributor) - 2005

suicide thoughts and suicide attempts decrease the hourly wage rate and the probability that a young adult individual works … effects of suicide thoughts and suicide attempts on the work and schooling activities of young adults as well as on their … hourly wage rates. The richness of the data set allows us to implement several strategies to control for unobserved …

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The relationship between Stress, Strain and Social Capital

Gächter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...

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Retaining the Thin Blue Line: What Shapes Workers' Intentions not to Quit the Current Work Environment

Gächter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of police officers' intentions to quit their current department. For this purpose, we analysed US survey data that included a large set of police officers from the Baltimore Police Department in Maryland. Our results indicate that...

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