Crisis, suicide and labour productivity losses in Spain

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• 作者：Berta Rivera ; Bruno Casal ; Luis Currais
• 关键词：Suicide rates ; Economic crisis ; Unemployment ; Lost labour productivity ; Spain
• 刊名：The European Journal of Health Economics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 页码：83-96
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• 刊物类别：Business and Economics
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Economics; Public Finance; Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes; Economic Policy; Health Care Management;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1618-7601
• 卷排序：18

文摘

ObjectivesSuicide became the first cause of death between the ages of 15 and 44 in Spain in the year 2013. Moreover, the suicide rate in Spain went up by more than 9 % with respect to the previous year. This increase could be related to the serious economic recession that Spain has been experiencing in recent years. In this sense, there is a lack of evidence to help assess to what extent these suicides have a social cost in terms of losses in human capital. Firstly, this article examines the relationship between the variables related to the economic cycle and the suicide rates in the 17 Spanish regions. Secondly, an estimate is made of the losses in labour productivity owing to these suicides.