Table 3 Estimated relationships between government expenditures and suicide rates conditional on the unemployment rate
From: Government spending, recession, and suicide: evidence from Japan
(1) Male 40–64 | (2) Female 40–64 | |
|---|---|---|
Log of government expenditures per capita | 0.173 | − 0.026 |
(− 0.343, 0.688) | (− 0.458, 0.406) | |
Expenditures × unemployment | − 0.090 | − 0.039 |
(− 0.182, 0.002) | (− 0.126, 0.047) | |
Unemployment rate | 1.256 | 0.528 |
(−0.003, 2.515) | (−0.648, 1.703) | |
Log of income per capita | −0.153 | − 0.228 |
(−0.600, 0.295) | (−1.129, 0.674) | |
Fiscal strength index | −0.014 | −0.078 |
(−0.301, 0.272) | (−0.511, 0.354) | |
Log of population size | 3.823 | 1.140 |
(0.190, 7.457) | (−5.393, 7.672) | |
Percent under 14 | −0.036 | − 0.002 |
(− 0.178, 0.105) | (− 0.243, 0.240) | |
Percent over 65 | 0.029 | −0.029 |
(−0.100, 0.158) | (−0.222, 0.163) | |
Prefecture fixed effect | Yes | Yes |
Year fixed effect | Yes | Yes |
Prefecture-specific liner trend | Yes | Yes |
N of observations | 658 | 658 |
R squared | 0.827 | 0.269 |