An Economic Theory of Suicide
An Economic Theory of Suicide
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自杀的经济学理论
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发表时间：
1974
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Neal M. Soss
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作者：
D. Hamermesh;Neal M. Soss
虽然社会学家已经发展和测试了许多关于自杀的理论，但经济学家还没有分析过这种现象。我们推导出自杀的经济学理论，并使用以下数据来检验其含义：（1）许多发达国家按年龄划分的数据;（2）美国1947-67年按年龄组划分的时间序列;（3）1960年按州和年龄组划分的横截面。我们的大多数预测都得到了验证。特别引人注目的是对失业的反应，在战后时期与大萧条时期一样强烈，在老年人中更强，以及除了最年轻年龄组之外的所有人的永久收入增加的负面影响，这一结果在时间序列和横截面中都有发现。
Although sociologists have developed and tested numerous theories about suicide, economists have not analyzed this phenomenon. We derive an economic theory of suicide and test its implications using: (1) data by age in many developed countries; (2) a time series, 1947-67, by age group in the United States; (3) a cross section by state and age group in 1960. Most of our predictions are verified. Particularly striking are the response to unemployment, as strong in the postwar period as in the Depression and stronger among older individuals, and the negative effect of increased permanent incomes among all but the youngest age group, a result found in both the time series and the cross section.