A suicidal Kuznets curve?

Nikos Antonakakis; Alan Collins

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.013

A suicidal Kuznets curve?

Nikos Antonakakis, Alan Collins

Nottingham Trent University

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Abstract

Suicide rates from a global sample of 73 countries over the period 1990-2010 are empirically explored. We find evidence of an 'N-shaped' suicidal Kuznets curve between per capita income and suicide rates in the male population of 25-34, 34-54 and 55-74 age groups and the female population of the 55-74 age group. These results remain firm to several robustness checks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-93
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	166
Early online date	19 Feb 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.013
Publication status	Published - May 2018

Keywords

suicide
GDP growth
Kuznets curve
unemployment
fertility
life expectancy

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Data availability statement for 'A suicidal kuznets curve?'.
Antonakakis, N. (Creator) & Collins, A. (Creator), Elsevier BV, 19 Feb 2018
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.02.013
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