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 and social factors are important determinants of … suicide mortality. The results also indicate that unemployment benefits decrease suicides of males, while relatively strict …

We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL … the strictness of EPL, the generosity of UBs and the amount of redistribution involved by the financing of unemployment …"We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL …