Suicide and the economy: a regional analysis of italy

Roberto Cellini

Journal of Applied Economics, 2023, vol. 26, issue 1, 2212348

Abstract: This note investigates the empirical pattern of suicides across Italy over the last 15 years. Typically, a country shares similar basic cultural and social macro-features. Yet in Italy there are marked variations across the regions such that it provides a useful setting to examine the economic factors that influence suicidality. The results align with some earlier work positing an N-shaped Kuznets curve linking income and the suicide rate. Female participation in the labour market emerges as a robust explanatory factor for male and female suicide rates.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/15140326.2023.2212348

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