Suicide, social integration and fertility rates

T. J. Classen and Richard Dunn

Applied Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 18, issue 11, 1011-1014

Abstract: We measure the association between rates of suicide and fertility in the United States using a panel of states from 1981 to 2005. We find a positive relationship between suicide and fertility rates, in contrast to previous empirical work from other countries that has reported a strong negative relationship between fertility and suicide. This suggests that differences in the health-care system and social safety net between the United States and Europe may influence the relationship between childbirth and suicide.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2010.520668

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