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Economic correlates of suicide rates in OECD countries
This paper investigates how economic conditions are associated with age-sex group specific suicide rates in a panel of 28 OECD countries over the period 1980-2002. We consider the trend and cyclical components of income, unemployment, income inequality, inflation, as well as various socio-demographic control variables. Results depend on whether stationarity properties are adequately accommodated or not. Estimating models in first differences we find that the cyclical component of income is negatively associated with suicide rates of men, while unemployment primarily affects suicide rates of women. Moreover, our estimations show that the effects of the cyclical component of income and unemployment are most pronounced in OECD countries with low public social security spending.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 207
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Welfare Economics: General
National Government Expenditures and Health
Health: General
- Subject
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suicide
happiness
welfare
health
Soziale Lage
Selbstmord
Zufriedenheit
Soziale Sicherung
OECD-Staaten
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Maag, Thomas
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
- (where)
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Zurich
- (when)
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2008
- DOI
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doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005666772
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Maag, Thomas
- ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Time of origin
- 2008
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