TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Labor demand shocks, unemployment, and suicide: evidence from provinces across Iran
JO  - Middle East Development Journal
A1  - Noghanibehambari, H.
A1  - Tavassoli, N.
A1  - Noghani, F.
SP  - 335
EP  - 346
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1793-8120
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17938120.2021.1959830
ID  - ref1
ER  -