Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia
We examine how income shocks affect the suicide rate in Indonesia. We use a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the cash transfer's nationwide roll-out, and corroborate the findings using a randomized experiment. Our estimates show that the cash transfers reduce the yearly suicide ra...
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2018
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| author | Christian, C Hensel, L Roth, C |
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| description | We examine how income shocks affect the suicide rate in Indonesia. We use a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the cash transfer's nationwide roll-out, and corroborate the findings using a randomized experiment. Our estimates show that the cash transfers reduce the yearly suicide rate by 0.36 per 100,000 people, corresponding to an 18 percent decrease. Moreover, a different type of income shock, variability in agricultural productivity, also affects the suicide rate. The cash transfer program reduces the causal impact of the agricultural productivity shocks, suggesting an important role for policy interventions. Finally, we provide evidence for depression as a psychological mechanism. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d0931dbb-7bf6-4d40-b677-7a84d68cfd1c2022-03-27T07:50:56ZIncome shocks and suicides: causal evidence from IndonesiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d0931dbb-7bf6-4d40-b677-7a84d68cfd1cEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordMassachusetts Institute of Technology Press2018Christian, CHensel, LRoth, CWe examine how income shocks affect the suicide rate in Indonesia. We use a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the cash transfer's nationwide roll-out, and corroborate the findings using a randomized experiment. Our estimates show that the cash transfers reduce the yearly suicide rate by 0.36 per 100,000 people, corresponding to an 18 percent decrease. Moreover, a different type of income shock, variability in agricultural productivity, also affects the suicide rate. The cash transfer program reduces the causal impact of the agricultural productivity shocks, suggesting an important role for policy interventions. Finally, we provide evidence for depression as a psychological mechanism. |
| spellingShingle | Christian, C Hensel, L Roth, C Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title | Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title_full | Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title_short | Income shocks and suicides: causal evidence from Indonesia |
| title_sort | income shocks and suicides causal evidence from indonesia |
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