Citation

Huikari S, Korhonen M. Soc. Indicators Res. 2016; 128(3): 1103-1119.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11205-015-1071-x

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Abstract

We explore the effects of unemployment on the well-being of the regional population with disaggregated suicide data across gender and age in Finland during 1991-2011. On the basis of the economic theory of rational suicides we show that rising unemployment expectations have a negative effect on well-being by increasing regional suicide mortality. We find that a possible future job loss has a significant effect on the prime working-age male (35-64 years old) suicides. We also provide strong evidence of the social norms on unemployment in Finland. We find, especially, that working-age males suffer more heavily from unemployment if they live in the area where the regional unemployment is low relative to the national average. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Language: en

Keywords

Finland; suicide; Suicide; Well-being; mortality; Unemployment; unemployment; asymmetry; Asymmetries; economic theory; Social norm