@article{ref1,
title="The perils of returning to school--New insights into the impact of school holidays on youth suicides",
journal="Economics of education review",
year="2022",
author="Vincent, C. and Dörte, H. and Christiane, W.",
volume="86",
number="",
pages="-",
abstract="Taking advantage of temporal and geographical variations in the timing of school holidays in Germany, this paper finds that school holidays cause a 16 percent decrease in the probability of youth suicide. This effect is constant across different types of holidays (fall, Christmas, winter, Easter, Pentecost, and summer). Moreover, we find evidence of a spike in suicide propensity in the first two days following the end of school holidays. The results are robust to the inclusion of a series of control variables and to different definitions of youth. Overall, this paper suggests that school holidays have a beneficial impact on the well-being of students and that suicide prevention efforts are particularly important in the days following the end of holidays. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-7757",
doi="10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102205",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102205"
}