"The Great Transformation" and Suicide: Local and Long-Lasting Effects of 1930 Bank Suspensions

Autor/inn/en	Baller, Robert D.; Levchak, Phil; Schultz, Mark
Titel	"The Great Transformation" and Suicide: Local and Long-Lasting Effects of 1930 Bank Suspensions
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 40 (2010) 6, S.574-586 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
Schlagwörter	Suicide; Depression (Psychology); Banking; Correlation; United States History; Economic Factors; Risk; General Social Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Bankgeschäft; Korrelation; Ökonomischer Faktor; Risiko
Abstract	Depression-era bank suspensions and failures are conceptualized as products of the first part of what Polanyi (1994) called "The Great Transformation," which involved an imbalanced institutional arrangement in which the economy dominated other institutions. Relying on Durkheim (1897/1951) and Merton (1938, 1968), it is argued that these banking problems accentuated the type of chronic anomie that Durkheim theorized would create normative deregulation and elevated suicide rates over the long-term. Results from county-level analyses are supportive as the 1930 bank suspension rate is positively related to the 2000 suicide rate, controlling for contemporary and historical factors. The mediating roles of integration and chronic anomie are considered, with the latter measured using data from the geocoded General Social Survey. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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