The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates

The number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but steady increase in suicides since the 80's and it is currently the leading external cause of death in the country. At the same time, the dualisation of the...

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Autores: Grèbol Jiménez, Ricard, Vall Castelló, Judit
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositório:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:Suïcidi
Contractes de treball
Treball temporal
Suicide
Labor contract
Temporary employment
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spelling The impact of temporary contracts on suicide ratesGrèbol Jiménez, RicardVall Castelló, JuditSuïcidiContractes de treballTreball temporalSuicideLabor contractTemporary employmentThe number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but steady increase in suicides since the 80's and it is currently the leading external cause of death in the country. At the same time, the dualisation of the labor market, with a strong and persistent incidence of temporary contracts, has increased the instability of employment conditions. Both developments have a stronger incidence for individuals with lower levels of education. Therefore, in this paper we use rich administrative data in order to estimate the impact of the wide spread use of temporary contracts on suicides. In order to do that we exploit a reform that liberalised the use of fix-term contracts in Spain in 1984. Our results show strong long-term effects of the reform, which increased the suicide mortality rate of affected cohorts (those entering the labor market just after the liberalisation) by at least 25.3%. We believe that this result has important policy implications and should be taken into account in the design of the national suicide prevention plans.Public Library of Science (PLoS)2022202220212022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion21 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/182716Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252077PLoS One, 2021, vol. 16, num. 5, p. e0252077https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252077cc-by (c) Grèbol Jiménez, Ricard et al., 2021https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1827162026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
title The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
spellingShingle The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
Grèbol Jiménez, Ricard
Suïcidi
Contractes de treball
Treball temporal
Suicide
Labor contract
Temporary employment
title_short The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
title_full The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
title_fullStr The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
title_full_unstemmed The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
title_sort The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Grèbol Jiménez, Ricard
Vall Castelló, Judit
author Grèbol Jiménez, Ricard
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Vall Castelló, Judit
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Suïcidi
Contractes de treball
Treball temporal
Suicide
Labor contract
Temporary employment
topic Suïcidi
Contractes de treball
Treball temporal
Suicide
Labor contract
Temporary employment
description The number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but steady increase in suicides since the 80's and it is currently the leading external cause of death in the country. At the same time, the dualisation of the labor market, with a strong and persistent incidence of temporary contracts, has increased the instability of employment conditions. Both developments have a stronger incidence for individuals with lower levels of education. Therefore, in this paper we use rich administrative data in order to estimate the impact of the wide spread use of temporary contracts on suicides. In order to do that we exploit a reform that liberalised the use of fix-term contracts in Spain in 1984. Our results show strong long-term effects of the reform, which increased the suicide mortality rate of affected cohorts (those entering the labor market just after the liberalisation) by at least 25.3%. We believe that this result has important policy implications and should be taken into account in the design of the national suicide prevention plans.
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