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"Behind blue eyes" : the valuation of knowing someone who attempted or died by suicide in Sweden

Andrén, Daniela - 2025

Advancing the economic understanding of suicide's externalities, this study uses the well-being valuation method (WVM …) to quantify the exposure to suicide, specifically through knowing someone near, family, or friend (NFF) who attempted or … died by suicide. First, using data from a survey of Swedish adults, we separately estimate several life satisfaction …

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The relative value of suicide prevention in health care priority setting

Andrén, Daniela; Laitila, Thomas; Ryen, Linda; … - 2023

lives by suicide prevention lower than saving lives from pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, or acute heart attack. …

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Crime, punishment, and schooling decisions : evidence from Colombian adolescents

Ibáñez, Ana María; Rodríguez, Catherine; Zarruk, David - 2013

This paper uses a natural policy experiment to estimate how changes in the costs of engaging in criminal activity may influence adolescents’ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease in the severity of judicial punishment imposed...

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The effects of punishment of crime in Colombia on deterrence, incapacitation, and human capital formation

Guarin, Arlen; Medina, Carlos; Tamayo, Jorge Andrés - 2013

Using individual data on persons arrested in the Medellin Metropolitan Area, this paper assesses whether the change in punishment at age 18, mandated by law, has a deterrent effect on arrests. No deterrent effect was found on index, violent or property crimes, but a deterrence effect was found...

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Inequality, crime, and the long-run legacy of slavery

Buonanno, Paolo; Vargas, Juan F. - 2017

Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This paper addresses these concerns by exploiting the fact that, as suggested by recent scholarly research, the legacy of slavery is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic...

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Tempering the taste for vengeance : information about prisoners and policy choices in Chile

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Cafferata, Fernando G.; … - 2020

Punitive anti-crime policies in the Americas have contributed to steadily increasing rates of incarceration. This creates prison overcrowding and can lead to recidivism. Harsh penalties are often demanded by citizens, making them politically attractive for politicians. Yet the contextual...

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Blue-collar crime and finance

Bernales, Alejandro; Beuermann, Diether W.; Cumming, … - 2019

Relatively little is known about the effects of blue-collar crime (theft, robbery, vandalism or arson) on financial decisions. Previous literature has focused its attention either on 'regional' crime rates or the 'perception' of crime as business obstacles. Instead, we examine financing terms of...

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Climate change impacts on birth outcomes in Brazil

Pereda, Paula Carvalho; Menezes, Tatiane; Alves, … - 2014

This paper attempts to identify the climatic effect on birth outcomes in Brazil and, thus, to predict the potential impact of climate change. Panel data models indicate that excess and lack of rainfall have the most important harmful effects on newborns' health; temperature stresses and low...

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Overconfidence and gun preferences : how behavioral biases affect your safety

Cafferata, Fernando G.; Domínguez, Patricio; … - 2023

Overconfidence leads to risky behavior, including when people are around guns. Does overconfidence also shape attitudes about gun ownership and use? We evaluate this possibility by conducting nationally representative surveys in six countries in the Americas, including the United States. Results...

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Causal estimates of the intangible costs of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Agüero, Jorge M. - 2013

Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes, such as women’s reproductive health, labor supply, and...

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