@article{801492,
      recid = {801492},
      author = {Sawada, Yasuyuki, and Ueda, Michiko and Matsubayashi,  Tetsuya.},
      title = {Economic analysis of suicide prevention : towards  evidence-based policy-making /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {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 understanding of  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. .--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/801492},
}