Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy

This paper provides new and exciting insight of suicide between genders in Canada for 39 years from a socio-economic perspective. A theoretical framework based on sound economic theory of suicide using Vector Autoregression (VAR) model to establish meaningful relationships between variables incorpor...

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Main Authors: Lau, Evan, Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah, Chia, Sandra Chia Tan, Biagio, Simonetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/7/Suicide.pdf
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author Lau, Evan
Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah
Chia, Sandra Chia Tan
Biagio, Simonetti
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Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah
Chia, Sandra Chia Tan
Biagio, Simonetti
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description This paper provides new and exciting insight of suicide between genders in Canada for 39 years from a socio-economic perspective. A theoretical framework based on sound economic theory of suicide using Vector Autoregression (VAR) model to establish meaningful relationships between variables incorporated. Additional causality test and beyond sample analysis (forecasting) will be helpful inbeautifying the linkages among the variables employed in this study. It is suggested that both female and male suicidal behaviour can be explained by socio-economic indicators. The findings provide useful insights for policy makers and suicide related agencies to perform a novel approach in dealing with suicides in addition to traditional behavioural correction and counselling strategies in hand. This study should also be helpful in understanding suicide from a broad perspective and analysing suicide in a new economic framework of rational choice theory.
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spelling unimas-126492022-06-21T03:40:16Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/ Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy Lau, Evan Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah Chia, Sandra Chia Tan Biagio, Simonetti HC Economic History and Conditions This paper provides new and exciting insight of suicide between genders in Canada for 39 years from a socio-economic perspective. A theoretical framework based on sound economic theory of suicide using Vector Autoregression (VAR) model to establish meaningful relationships between variables incorporated. Additional causality test and beyond sample analysis (forecasting) will be helpful inbeautifying the linkages among the variables employed in this study. It is suggested that both female and male suicidal behaviour can be explained by socio-economic indicators. The findings provide useful insights for policy makers and suicide related agencies to perform a novel approach in dealing with suicides in addition to traditional behavioural correction and counselling strategies in hand. This study should also be helpful in understanding suicide from a broad perspective and analysing suicide in a new economic framework of rational choice theory. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/7/Suicide.pdf Lau, Evan and Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah and Chia, Sandra Chia Tan and Biagio, Simonetti (2017) Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy. Quality & Quantity, 51 (4). pp. 1843-1858. ISSN 0033-5177 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-016-0370-x doi:10.1007/s11135-016-0370-x
spellingShingle HC Economic History and Conditions
Lau, Evan
Siti Nur Zahara, Hamzah
Chia, Sandra Chia Tan
Biagio, Simonetti
Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title_full Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title_fullStr Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title_full_unstemmed Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title_short Suicide and socioeconomic determinants in Canada: beyond morality and philosophy
title_sort suicide and socioeconomic determinants in canada: beyond morality and philosophy
topic HC Economic History and Conditions
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12649/7/Suicide.pdf