Citation

Viren M. Appl. Econ. Lett. 2005; 12(14): 887-891.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13504850500359411

PMID

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Abstract

This paper provides an empirical test for the hypothesis that suicides are related to economic determinants. More precisely a hypothesis is tested that changes in the suicide rate are determined by changes in the expected growth rate of income. This hypothesis is tested with an error-correction model which also takes into account various demographic and socioeconomic variables. Empirical results with Finnish data covering the period 1878–1999 provide strong support for this hypothesis.