The Impact of Immigration on Native Suicides: An Empirical Evidence from Türkiye

Zeynep Elitaş

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The Impact of Immigration on Native Suicides: An Empirical Evidence from Türkiye

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Elitaş

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çalışma Ekonomisi

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.2010-2024

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001298467

pISSN:

2564-7504

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 This study aims to present empirical evidence on the effect of immigration on native suicides from Türkiye, which has welcomed a massive influx from Syria since 2011. This study focuses on the period between 2009 and 2016 using a quasi-experimental design, which accounts for the self-selection of immigrants to provinces in Türkiye and eliminates a possible bias. An IV-2SLS estimation is conducted to find the causal effect of the Syrian influx on native suicides. The findings show that while the Syrian influx to Türkiye has not increased overall and male suicides, it has increased the crude female suicide rates. The increase is 1.31 percentage points in crude suicide rates when there is a one-percentage-point increase in the provincial refugee share. The results are consistent with the literature, which show evidence that the Syrian influx worsened womens labor market conditions and promoted male polygamy in Türkiye. This study fulfills a gap in the literature lacking the effect of immigration on suicide by presenting evidence from a case in which the host country received more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees in a period of less than ten years. The study calls for stronger policy measures for Türkiye against female unemployment and polygamy in refugee-intensive provinces of the country. More generally, the study shows that host countries immigration policies should account for all characteristics of the areas in their refugee settlement process.

 This study aims to present empirical evidence on the effect of immigration on native suicides from Türkiye, which has welcomed a massive influx from Syria since 2011. This study focuses on the period between 2009 and 2016 using a quasi-experimental design, which accounts for the self-selection of immigrants to provinces in Türkiye and eliminates a possible bias. An IV-2SLS estimation is conducted to find the causal effect of the Syrian influx on native suicides. The findings show that while the Syrian influx to Türkiye has not increased overall and male suicides, it has increased the crude female suicide rates. The increase is 1.31 percentage points in crude suicide rates when there is a one-percentage-point increase in the provincial refugee share. The results are consistent with the literature, which show evidence that the Syrian influx worsened womens labor market conditions and promoted male polygamy in Türkiye. This study fulfills a gap in the literature lacking the effect of immigration on suicide by presenting evidence from a case in which the host country received more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees in a period of less than ten years. The study calls for stronger policy measures for Türkiye against female unemployment and polygamy in refugee-intensive provinces of the country. More generally, the study shows that host countries immigration policies should account for all characteristics of the areas in their refugee settlement process.

 This study aims to present empirical evidence on the effect of immigration on native suicides from Türkiye, which has welcomed a massive influx from Syria since 2011. This study focuses on the period between 2009 and 2016 using a quasi-experimental design, which accounts for the self-selection of immigrants to provinces in Türkiye and eliminates a possible bias. An IV-2SLS estimation is conducted to find the causal effect of the Syrian influx on native suicides. The findings show that while the Syrian influx to Türkiye has not increased overall and male suicides, it has increased the crude female suicide rates. The increase is 1.31 percentage points in crude suicide rates when there is a one-percentage-point increase in the provincial refugee share. The results are consistent with the literature, which show evidence that the Syrian influx worsened womens labor market conditions and promoted male polygamy in Türkiye. This study fulfills a gap in the literature lacking the effect of immigration on suicide by presenting evidence from a case in which the host country received more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees in a period of less than ten years. The study calls for stronger policy measures for Türkiye against female unemployment and polygamy in refugee-intensive provinces of the country. More generally, the study shows that host countries immigration policies should account for all characteristics of the areas in their refugee settlement process.

 Bu çalışma, 2011den bu yana Suriyeden büyük bir akını karşılayan Türkiyede, göçün yerli intiharlar üzerindeki etkisine ilişkin ampirik kanıtlar sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma, 2009 ve 2016 yılları arasındaki dönem için, göçmenlerin kendi kendine seçimini açıklayacak ve olası bir sapmayı ortadan kaldıracak olan yarı-deneysel tasarım yöntemini kullanmıştır. Suriyeli akının yerli intiharlar üzerindeki nedensel etkisini bulmak için IV-2SLS tahmini yapılmıştır. Bulgular, Türkiyeye Suriyeli akının genel ve erkek intiharlarını artırmazken, kaba kadın intihar oranlarını artırdığını göstermektedir. İl mülteci payında yüzde bir puanlık artış olduğunda, kaba intihar oranlarında artış 1,31 puan olmaktadır. Sonuçlar, Suriyeli akının Türkiyede kadınların işgücü piyasası koşullarını kötüleştirdiğini ve erkeklerin çok eşliliğini teşvik ettiğini gösteren yazındaki sonuçlarla tutarlıdır. Bu çalışma, on yıldan kısa bir süre içinde 3,5 milyondan fazla Suriyeli mülteci alan bir ülke vakasından elde edilen kanıtları sunarak, göçün intihar üzerindeki etkisinin araştırıldığı yazındaki bir boşluğu doldurmaktadır. Çalışma, ülkenin mülteci yoğun illerinde kadın işsizliğine ve çok eşliliğe karşı Türkiye için daha güçlü politika önlemleri çağrısında bulunmaktadır. Daha genel olarak, çalışma, ev sahibi ülkelerin göç politikalarının, mülteci yerleşim süreçlerinde bölgelerin tüm özelliklerini hesaba katması gerektiğini göstermektedir.

Makale detayları

The Impact of Immigration on Native Suicides: An Empirical Evidence from Türkiye

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Elitaş

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çalışma Ekonomisi

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.2010-2024

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001298467

pISSN:

2564-7504

Suicide

Immigration

Employment Displacement

Female Suicide

Polygamyİntihar

Göç

İstihdam Yer Değiştirmesi

Kadın İntiharı

Çok Eşlilik

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Zeynep Elitaş

Yayıncı: Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar: Çalışma Ekonomisi

Dergi: Fiscaoeconomia Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.2010-2024

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001298467

pISSN: 2564-7504

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Zeynep Elitaş

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çalışma Ekonomisi

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.7 Issue 3, pp.2010-2024

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001298467

pISSN:

2564-7504