TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The perils of returning to school--New insights into the impact of school holidays on youth suicides
JO  - Economics of education review
A1  - Vincent, C.
A1  - Dörte, H.
A1  - Christiane, W.
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VL  - 86
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N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0272-7757
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102205
ID  - ref1
ER  -