Revisiting the Relationship Between Suicide and Unemployment in Mexico: Evidence From Linear and Non-linear Co-integration

Revisiting the Relationship Between Suicide and Unemployment in Mexico: Evidence From Linear and Non-linear Co-integration

This study attempts to investigate if suicide is interlinked with unemployment in Mexico by making use of a recently developed Bootstrap ARDL bound test over the years of 1981–2016. To avoid omitting variable bias, we use economic growth rate as a control variable. The empirical results indicate tha...

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Main Authors: Mei-Chih Wang, Feng-Li Lin, Hsiu-Hui Su, Pao Lan Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
unemployment rate
suicide rate
economic growth
bootstrap ARDL bound test
granger causality test
C3: I1; J6
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00060/full

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