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 ….36 per 100,000 people, corresponding to an 18 percent decrease. Moreover, a different type of income shock, variability in …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly … exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites …

employment shock, this could have led to 30.3%, 40.4%, and 25.2% increases in the total, female, and male suicide rates … shocks in Japan and adopt a difference-in-differences research design to identify the employment-shock impact. Our preferred …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the unemployment rate and suicide rate using data from all … incidences of suicide attempt and death per 100,000 population, respectively. Although both OLS and 2SLS-IV approach reveals … Endogeneity issues underbias the OLS results of the relationship between unemployment rates and suicide rates …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly … exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly … exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites …