Government spending, recession, and suicide: evidence from Japan

Government spending, recession, and suicide: evidence from Japan

Abstract Backgrounds Austerity has been shown to have an adverse influence on people’s mental health and suicide rates. Most existing studies have focused on the governments’ reactions to a single event, for example, the Great Recession of 2008. Methods This study focused on significant changes in f...

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Main Authors: Tetsuya Matsubayashi, Kozue Sekijima, Michiko Ueda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Suicide
Government spending
Recession
Austerity
Japan
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-8264-1

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