Open AccessAnalyzing Indian farmer suicide rates
Author(s) -
Ian Plewis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.1714927115
Subject(s) - suicide rates , debt , psychology , economics , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , environmental health , macroeconomics
Arguments about the causes of Indian farmer suicides have been widely aired in recent years, both in the media and in academic papers. It is plausible to suppose, as Carleton (1) does, that climate change has an indirect causal effect on the farmer suicide rate via reduced crop yields and increasing debt. It is, however, much less plausible to … [↵][1]1Email: ian.plewis{at}manchester.ac.uk. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
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