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We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth …
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Background: In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between suicide and a variety of socioeconomic … of suicide in Canadian provinces vary across total, male, and female counts (natural logarithms) and rates. We also find … necessary for a better understanding of the factors that impact suicide (consistent with previous research) and that the choice …
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We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with … suicide mortality. The results also indicate that unemployment benefits decrease suicides of males, while relatively strict …
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Limited evidence regarding the effects of individual income and health on suicide was presented. We investigated how … of suicide. Poor health is strongly related to a high risk of suicide. The effects of income are strongly revealed for … males. Mental disability exerts a stronger effect on female suicide, whereas other types of disability have more powerful …
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global suicide rates. In applying the sequential panel selection method (SPSM) to three generations of unit root testing …
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We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970-2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with a … large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth tends …
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prevalence. Cerqueira et al. (2108) exploit the socioeconomic characteristics of suicide victims in order to develop a new and … model for the likelihood of committing suicide with gun. We empirically assess this new indicator using gun ownership data … from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and suicide registers of the US National Center for Health …
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