Long-term effect on suicidal thoughts of graduating during a recession

Yamamura, Eiji (2015): Long-term effect on suicidal thoughts of graduating during a recession.

Abstract

Based on survey data from Japan, empirical results show that stock prices in the graduation year of university students are negatively associated with the probability that those individuals will consider suicide many years after graduation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Graduation year; Recession; Stock price; Suicide; Subjective perception.
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook > E60 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I39 - Other; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z10 - General

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