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2020

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The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates

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Abstract Temporary contracts have a negative long-term impact on labour outcomes of low-skilled workers. Moreover, temporary contracts can present side effect on health outcomes. Using a restricted version of the Spanish Death Records, I estimate the impact of a liberalisation in the regulation of fixed-term contracts in 1984 on suicide rates. I exploit this natural experiment from a reform implemented in Spain using a cohort regression discontinuity design. I document a large long-term impact on suicides for high school first-level graduates, increasing the suicide mortality rates of the cohorts entering the labour market just after the reform by 26.6%. My results show the importance of identifying the contributing factors to suicide risk of vulnerable populations and have important policy implications for suicide prevention.

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Treballs Finals del Màster d'Economia, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2019-2020, Tutor: Judit Vall Castelló

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Suïcidi, Estabilitat laboral, Treball temporal, Treballs de fi de màster

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Suicide, Job security, Temporary employment, Master's theses

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Màster Oficial - Economia

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GRÈBOL JIMÉNEZ, Ricard. The impact of temporary contracts on suicide rates. [consulted: 13 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/173285

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