Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention
Towards Evidence-Based Policy-Making
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book examines the causes and consequences of suicide from the perspective of economics. The approach here differs from those in medical, psychiatric, epidemiological, and sociological studies of suicide and is thus novel in a way that highlights the...
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This book examines the causes and consequences of suicide from the perspective of economics. The approach here differs from those in medical, psychiatric, epidemiological, and sociological studies of suicide and is thus novel in a way that highlights the importance of economic and institutional settings in the problem of suicide. The authors argue that suicide imposes a tremendous economic cost on contemporary society in a variety of ways, requiring the government to develop an effective prevention strategy. An empirical analysis using data from Japan and other developed countries shows that natural disasters and economic crises increase suicide rates, while liberal government policies favorable to the poor can decrease them. Further, the types of effective prevention strategies in the context of railway/subway suicides, celebrity suicides, public awareness campaigns, and education using data primarily from Japan are revealed. This book ultimately contributes to an understandingof suicides and the development of evidence-based policy proposals. The Japanese version of this book won the 56th Nikkei Prize for Economics Books (Nikkei Keizai Tosho Bunka Award) in 2013. Yasuyuki Sawada is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and Professor of Economics at The University of Tokyo. Michiko Ueda is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. Tetsuya Matsubayashi is Associate Professor of Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention “
1 Introduction.- Part I Why policy interventions by the government are necessary.- 2 Rationale Behind Suicide Prevention Policies.- 3 Socioeconomic Causes of Suicide.- 4 Natural Disasters and Suicide.- 5 Suicide Among Adolescents and Young Individuals.- 6 Railway Suicide in Japan.- Part II Prevention policies for reducing suicides.- 7 Government partisanship and suicide.- 8 Economic and Welfare Policies and Suicide.- 9 The Consequences of Government Suicide Prevention Programs.Autoren-Porträt von Yasuyuki Sawada, Michiko Ueda, Tetsuya Matsubayashi
Yasuyuki Sawada is chief economist of the Asian Development Bank and a professor of economics at the University of Tokyo. He has previously been a visiting fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and a visiting professor at Stanford University. In his research, Professor Sawada uses micro-level data from developed and developing countries to analyze risk-coping strategies of individuals, households, and firms, particularly in response to natural and man-made disasters. He received his M.A. in international development policy and Ph.D. in economics, both from Stanford University. He is also a recipient of the Jiro Enjoji Memorial Prize and the 56th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science of the Japan Center for Economic Research and the Ishikawa Prize of the Japanese Economic Association. He is a co-editor of The Japanese Economic Review.
Michiko Ueda is associate professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. Prior to joining Waseda University, she was an assistant professor at Syracuse University and the California Institute of Technology and a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and the Economic and Social Research Institute in the Cabinet Office. Her research interests include suicidology and suicide prevention, public health, and political science, and she has published articles in the areas of public health, medicine, and political science. She has received the 56th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science, the Best Paper Award by the Japanese Association of Electoral Studies, the Jewell-Loewenberg Award by the Legislative Studies section of the American Political Science Association and the Waseda Research Award. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Yasuyuki Sawada , Michiko Ueda , Tetsuya Matsubayashi
- 2017, 1st ed. 2017, XIV, 203 Seiten, 17 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 981101499X
- ISBN-13: 9789811014994
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.11.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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