The Discouraged Worker and Suicide in the United States
| Autor: | De-Chih Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Granger causality 0502 economics and business Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine 050207 economics Psychiatry media_common business.industry 05 social sciences General Social Sciences Human factors and ergonomics Unemployment Discouraged worker Demographic economics business |
| Zdroj: | Social Indicators Research. 134:771-787 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0921 0303-8300 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11205-016-1437-8 |
| Popis: | This paper empirically analyses whether worker discouragement is linked to suicide in the United States. This paper argues that discouraged workers might translate their frustration into alcohol or drug consumption rather than committing suicide directly. Based on the linear Granger causality test, this study finds that changes in the number female unemployed workers help to predict changes in female suicide patterns. A 1 % increase in growth in the male unemployment rate with age (45–54) will lead to a 2.8 % increase in the growth of male alcohol-induced deaths. This study finds a nonlinear causality from the female unemployment with age (25–34, 45–54, 50 and over) to drug-induced deaths. These findings suggest the importance of providing treatment for the jobless to reduce the risk for excessive alcohol consumption, drug misuse and suicidal behavior. |
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