Economic welfare, civil liberty, and suicide: an empirical investigation

Jungeilges, Jochen; Kirchgäßner, Gebhard

doi:10.1016/s1053-5357(02)00116-6

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“…They observe that 30% of 221 analyses reported in the literature reveal a direct association between the socio-economic character of a region and suicides. For example, performing a cross-section analysis for 30 countries, Jungeilges and Kirchgässnerb (2002) estimate that real per capita income and real economic growth have a positive influence on suicide rates.…”

Section: Empirical Model and Data Description 31 The Basic Modelmentioning

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Social conformity and suicide

Bussu

Detotto

Sterzi

2013

The Journal of Socio-Economics

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C R E N O S w a s s e t u p i n 1 9 9 3 w i t h t h e p u r p o s e o f o r g a n i s i n g t h e j o i n t r e s e a r c h e f f o r t o f e c o n o m i s t s f r o m t h e t w o S a r d i n i a n u n i v e r s i t i e s ( C a g l i a r i a n d S a s s a r i ) i n v e s t i g a t i n g d u a l i s m a t t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d r e g i o n a l l e v e l . C R E N o S ' p r i m a r y a i m i s t o i m p r o v e k n o w l e d g e o n t h e e c o n o m i c g a p b e t w e e n a r e a s a n d t o p r o v i d e u s e f u l i n f o r m a t i o n f o r p o l i c y i n t e r v e n t i o n . P a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n i s p a i d t o t h e r o l e o f i n s t i t u t i o n s , t e c h n o l o g i c a l p r o g r e s s a n d d i f f u s i o n o f i n n o v a t i o n i n t h e p r o c e s s o f c o n v e r g e n c e o r d i v e r g e n c e b e t w e e n e c o n o m i c a r e a s . T o c a r r y o u t i t s r e s e a r c h , C R E N o S c o l l a b o r a t e s w i t h r e s e a r c h c e n t r e s a n d u n i v e r s i t i e s a t b o t h n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l e v e l . T h e c e n t r e i s a l s o a c t i v e i n t h e f i e l d o f s c i e n t i f i c d i s s e m i n a t i o n , o r g a n i z i n g c o n f e r e n c e s a n d w o r k s h o p s a l o n g w i t h o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s s u c h a s s e m i n a r s a n d s u m m e r s c h o o l s . C R E N o S c r e a t e s a n d m a n a g e s s e v e r a l d a t a b a s e s o f v a r i o u s s o c i o -e c o n o m i c v a r i a b l e s o n I t a l y a n d S a r d i n i a . A t t h e l o c a l l e v e l , C R E N o S p r o m o t e s a n d p a r t i c i p a t e s t o p r o j e c t s i m p a c t i n g o n t h e m o s t r e l e v a n t i s s u e s i n t h e S a r d i n i a n e c o n o m y , s u c h a s t o u r i s m , e n v i r o n m e n t , t r a n s p o r t s a n d Abstract We study the relationship between suicide rates and socioeconomic factors by using a panel data at Italian province level in the time span 1996-2005. Our analysis focuses on the impact of social norms on suicidal behaviours. In particular, beyond the usual social correlates of suicide rates, we propose an aggregate measure of social conformity which refers to the religious sphere as an area of conflict between individual and social behaviours. GMM and dynamic spatial panel data approach are implemented to control for serial and spatial autocorrelation. The results confirm the primary role of family, alcohol consumption and population density in explaining the suicide rates in Italy, while the economic variables, namely income per capita and economic growth, do not appear to have any effects. IntroductionMore than one hundred years after his seminal work, Emile Durkheim still provides the starting point of any sociological study on suicide. According to Durkheim (1893;1897), the frequency of self-killing in society depends on two factors: social integration and regulation. As a result, four types of suicide can be distinguished: egoistic, anomic...

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Section: Empirical Model and Data Description 31 The Basic Modelmentioning

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Social conformity and suicide

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Detotto

Sterzi

2013

The Journal of Socio-Economics

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“…The empirical evidence for the effect of income on suicide is mixed, however. Though some empirical studies indicate that suicide rates have a positive association with income [17][18][19], there are many others suggesting the opposite effect [2,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Others have reported an insignificant effect of income on suicide [27], [28].…”

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Determinants of suicides in Denmark: Evidence from time series data

Andrés

Halıcıoğlu

2010

Health Policy

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This research examines empirically the determinants of suicides in Denmark over the period . To our knowledge, there exist no previous study that estimates a dynamic econometric model of suicides on the basis of time series data and cointegration framework at disaggregate level. Our results indicate that suicide is associated with a range of socioeconomic factors but the strength of the association can differ by gender. In particular, we find that a rise in real per capita income and fertility rate decreases suicides for males and females. Divorce is positively associated with suicides and this effect seems to be stronger for men. A fall in unemployment rates seems to lower significantly suicides in males and females. Policy implications of suicides are discussed with some appropriate recommendations.

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“…Comparative works on suicide have addressed Japan and Korea (Kim et al 2011). 3 Many analyses of suicide have been conducted since the 1970s (e.g., Hamermresh 1974; Yang and Lester 1995;Huang 1996;Viren 1996;Chuang and Huang 1997;Brainerd 2001;Jungeilges and Kirchgassner 2002;Marcotte 2003). 4 Even prior to the 1990s, economic factors such as unemployment rates have been significantly related to the suicide rate in Japan (Motohashi 1991).…”

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Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

Yamamura

2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Eiji Yamamura (Seinan Gakuin Un iversity) Terms of use: Documents inAbstract.An increasing number of studies have addressed the determinants of suicide.Social capital is a key factor in preventing suicide. However, little is known about the experience of suicide ideation using subjective values. From the viewpoint of suicide prevention, it is worth examining how people think of suicide. This paper attempts to examine the effect of social capital on suicide ideation. Furthermore, the paper compares the effect of social capital between urban and non-urban areas.In this paper, urban areas are equivalent to mega-cities with populations over one million. Non-urban areas are cities with populations of less than one million, towns and villages. Individual-level data from the Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSSs) are used. The survey, which was conducted in 2006, provides information about the subjective value of suicide ideation. The survey was answered by 1,413 subjects with a mean age of 54.5. Of the subjects, 49% were male. Social trust is used to measure the degree of social capital, and the outcome of interest is suicide ideation within the past 5 years. After controlling for various factors, the major findings are that both individual-level social trust and social trust accumulated in one's residential administrative district reduce the probability that one will consider suicide. After dividing the sample into urban and non-urban residents, particularized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in urban areas, while generalized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in non-urban areas. The effect of each type of trust depends on its scarcity in residential areas.

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Economic welfare, civil liberty, and suicide: an empirical investigation

Cited by 49 publications

References 27 publications

Social conformity and suicide

Social conformity and suicide

Determinants of suicides in Denmark: Evidence from time series data

Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

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