The debt crisis, austerity measures, and suicide in Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10763246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charis E Kubrin (0000-0002-0600-0875, Department of Criminology, Law & Society University of California Irvine California USA, corresponding author), Bradley J Bartos (0000-0001-5289-3654, School of Government and Public Policy University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA), Richard Mccleary (Department of Criminology, Law & Society University of California Irvine California USA) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 120-140 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13118 |
| OpenAlex | W4211253851 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
Background How are economic downturns and suicide related? Objective This study examines the link between economically driven austerity measures implemented during a recent economic downturn—the Greek debt crisis—and suicide for the population as a whole, as well as for men and women separately. Methods Utilizing a 50‐nation panel containing annual suicide counts and population demographics for the years 1995–2015 from the World Health Organization's Mortality archive, the analysis employs a synthetic control design, a quasi‐experimental approach that allows us to causally model the relationship between Greece's International Monetary Fund‐imposed austerity measures and suicide, something that has hampered prior research efforts. Results Findings show austerity policies corresponded with increased suicide rates in Greece for the population as a whole and for men and women. Robustness tests confirm these results. Conclusions We discuss the implications of the findings for the current economic crisis associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic
Austerity · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Debt · Debt crisis · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Macroeconomics · Pandemic · Panel data · Political science · Population · Recession · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |