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Labor demand shocks, unemployment, and suicide: evidence from provinces across Iran

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  • Hamid Noghanibehambari
  • Nahid Tavassoli
  • Farzaneh Noghani

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In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the unemployment rate and suicide rate using data from all provinces of Iran and over the years 2009–2015. We exploit the variations in national industry-specific labor demand changes and province-level industry-composition as plausibly exogenous shocks to the province-level employment growth. Using a 2SLS-IV approach, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with 0.72 and 0.68 higher incidences of suicide attempt and death per 100,000 population, respectively. Although both OLS and 2SLS-IV approach reveals consistent and statistically significant results, the marginal effects of the 2SLS-IV approach are larger, implying that Endogeneity issues underbias the OLS results of the relationship between unemployment rates and suicide rates.

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  • Hamid Noghanibehambari & Nahid Tavassoli & Farzaneh Noghani, 2021. "Labor demand shocks, unemployment, and suicide: evidence from provinces across Iran," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(2), pages 335-346, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmdjxx:v:13:y:2021:i:2:p:335-346
    DOI: 10.1080/17938120.2021.1959830
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    1. Salari, Mahmoud & Noghanibehambari, Hamid, 2021. "Natural resources, women and corruption," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).

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