Political institutions and suicide : a regional analysis of Switzerland

Fischer, Justina; Rodriguez-Andres, Antonio

Political institutions and suicide : a regional analysis of Switzerland

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Date

2008

Authors

Fischer, Justina

Rodriguez-Andres, Antonio

Series

Research paper series / Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut; 33

Publication type

Working Paper/Technical Report

Abstract

The question to what extent governance structure affects people s well-being, here reflected in the decision to commit suicide, remains still largely unknown. This paper examines the effects of political institutions and governance structure on suicide using a balanced panel for 26 Swiss states (cantons) over the period 1980 1998. Our results indicate that stronger popular rights and more fiscal decentralization reduce suicide, while more local autonomy increases it. The effects are not strongly gender-specific. However, we find evidence that the effect of direct legislation is partly transmitted through sub-federal budgets, but not through health sector spending exclusively.

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330 Economics

Keywords

Political institutions,suicide,regional analysis Switzerland

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FISCHER, Justina, Antonio RODRIGUEZ-ANDRES, 2008. Political institutions and suicide : a regional analysis of Switzerland

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@techreport{Fischer2008Polit-12184,
  year={2008},
  series={Research paper series / Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut},
  title={Political institutions and suicide : a regional analysis of Switzerland},
  number={33},
  author={Fischer, Justina and Rodriguez-Andres, Antonio}
}

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