Abstract

This paper analyzes the determinants of female and male suicide in the Dominican Republic, using data from the 2000-2018 period for the Dominican Republic. The results show that variables associated with social exclusion such as remittances homicides and the number of students per teacher at the primary level, are important determinants of suicide. The same can be said of other variables associated with deindustrialization, such as the trade deficit, the reduction of the import tariff and the fall of the ratio of manufacturing output to that of the service sector. As well, variables related to the labor market, such as the rates of self-employment, and industrial and services employment are associated with suicide. The paper ends with a series of recommendations on the role of public policy to prevent suicide.

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