What Does It Drive the Relationship Between Suicides and Economic Conditions? New Evidence from Spain

Carla Blázquez-Fernández (), David Cantarero () and Marta Pascual-Sáez ()
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Carla Blázquez-Fernández: University of Cantabria
Marta Pascual-Sáez: University of Cantabria

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, vol. 130, issue 3, No 11, 1087-1099

Abstract: Abstract In this paper we analyse suicides across the 17 Spanish regions over the period 2002–2013. In doing so, we estimate count panel data models considering gender differences taking into account before and during economic crisis periods. A range of aggregate socioeconomic regional-level factors have been considered. Our empirical results show that: (1) a socioeconomic urban–rural suicide differentials exist, (2) there exists a Mediterranean suicide pattern; and (3) unemployment levels have a marked importance during the crisis period. The results of this study may have usefulness for suicide prevention in Spain.

Keywords: Suicide; Material deprivation; Count panel data; Economic conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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