@article{ref1,
title="Labor demand shocks, unemployment, and suicide: evidence from provinces across Iran",
journal="Middle East Development Journal",
year="2021",
author="Noghanibehambari, H. and Tavassoli, N. and Noghani, F.",
volume="13",
number="2",
pages="335-346",
abstract="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 0.72 and 0.68 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. © 2021 Economic Research Forum.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1793-8120",
doi="10.1080/17938120.2021.1959830",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17938120.2021.1959830"
}