Open AccessEffects of increased minimum wages by unemployment rate on suicide in the USA
Author(s) -
John A. Kaufman,
Leslie Salas-Hernández,
Kelli A. Komro,
Melvin D. Livingston
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology and community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692
H-Index - 170
eISSN - 1470-2738
pISSN - 0143-005X
DOI - 10.1136/jech-2019-212981
Subject(s) - unemployment , minimum wage , medicine , wage , socioeconomic status , demographic economics , welfare , confounding , demography , educational attainment , population , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , economics , labour economics , environmental health , economic growth , market economy , pathology , sociology
Social welfare policies such as the minimum wage can affect population health, though the impact may differ by the level of unemployment experienced by society at a given time.