In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the unemployment rate and suicide rate using data from all provinces of Iran and over the years 2009-2015. We exploit the variations in national industry-specific labor demand changes and province-level industry-composition as plausibly exogenous shocks to the province-level employment growth. Using a 2SLS-IV approach, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with 0.9 and 0.4 higher incidences of suicide attempt and death per 100,000 population, respectively. Although both OLS and 2SLS-IV approach reveals consistent and statistically significant results, the marginal effects of the 2SLS-IV approach are larger, implying that Endogeneity issues underbias the OLS results of the relationship between unemployment rates and suicide rates.
NoghaniBehambari, H. , Noghani, F. , & Tavassoli, N. (2021). Labor Demand Shocks, Unemployment, and Suicide: Evidence from Provinces across Iran. Iranian Economic Review, (), -. doi: 10.22059/ier.2021.81568
MLA
Hamid NoghaniBehambari; Farzaneh Noghani; Nahid Tavassoli. "Labor Demand Shocks, Unemployment, and Suicide: Evidence from Provinces across Iran", Iranian Economic Review, , , 2021, -. doi: 10.22059/ier.2021.81568
HARVARD
NoghaniBehambari, H., Noghani, F., Tavassoli, N. (2021). 'Labor Demand Shocks, Unemployment, and Suicide: Evidence from Provinces across Iran', Iranian Economic Review, (), pp. -. doi: 10.22059/ier.2021.81568
CHICAGO
H. NoghaniBehambari , F. Noghani and N. Tavassoli, "Labor Demand Shocks, Unemployment, and Suicide: Evidence from Provinces across Iran," Iranian Economic Review, (2021): -, doi: 10.22059/ier.2021.81568
VANCOUVER
NoghaniBehambari, H., Noghani, F., Tavassoli, N. Labor Demand Shocks, Unemployment, and Suicide: Evidence from Provinces across Iran. Iranian Economic Review, 2021; (): -. doi: 10.22059/ier.2021.81568
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