This article uses a utility based theory of suicide to conclude that a fall in the well-being of the female population in a country relative to the male population should imply a rise in the ratio of female suicide rate to male suicide rate. An application of this inference is attempted for...

In this paper we look at the determinants of suicide rates in developing countries by looking at the incidence of suicides in the various states of the Indian union. A thorough analysis of socio-economic factors affecting suicide rates in developed countries was conducted by Emile Durkheim...