Socio-economic determinants of suicide in Japan |
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| Authors: | Antonio R Andrés Ferda Halicioglu Eiji Yamamura |
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| Institution: | aAarhus University, Institute of Public Health, Bartholins Allé 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;bAssociate researcher, Institute of Economic Analysis & Prospective Studies (IEAPS), Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco;cDepartment of Economics, Yeditepe University, 34755 Istanbul, Turkey;dSeinan Gakuin University, Department of Economics. Fukuokashi Sawaraku Nishijin 6-2-92, 814-8511, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Japan has the highest suicide rates among the OECD countries and this public health problem seems to be accelerating in over the recent decades. Investigating and understanding the suicidal behaviour is of crucial importance to society and health policy makers. Such an investigation could provide with useful information for those responsible in formulating the national policies on suicide prevention. This study estimates dynamic econometric models for total, male and female suicides in Japan for the period of 1957–2009. Using the ARDL approach to cointegration, we find that the associations of suicide with sociological factors (divorce and fertility rates) were stronger than those with economic factors (per capita GDP and unemployment) for females. |
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| Keywords: | JEL classification: C22 I12 |
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