薪資差距、失業率、社會經濟因素與自殺行為

Wage Inequality, Unemployment, Economic and Sociological Correlates of Suicide

朱安田(An-Tien Chu)

指導教授 ： 羅竹平

國立臺灣大學/生物資源暨農學院/農業經濟學研究所/碩士(2008年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU.2008.02272

摘要

本文關心何者影響自殺行為的發生，因此以1976-2003台灣的時間序列資料包括社會與經濟因素研究對自殺率的影響，而貿易全球化帶來技術勞工與非技術勞工薪資差距的擴大，其惡化程度是否造成自殺率的上升是本篇特別關心之處。主要的發現為技術勞工與非技術勞工薪資差距擴大的確顯著造成自殺率的上升，而其上升1％會造成近0.75％的總自殺率提高，如分別以性別來說，其對女性影響程度又比男性大。此外，大部分的變數與自殺行為的關係皆與理論相符合，唯年齡因素結果與文獻有差異，可能的原因為全民健保的實施所致。另一方面，本文亦證實了自殺率的變化與各社會與經濟因子相關聯著。有些因素對男女別自殺率變化的影響有差異：失業率、離婚率與薪資差距，可能是因為男女在社會上所扮演角色不同。影響台灣男性自殺率最大除了所得以外為失業率，而薪資差距因素影響女性自殺率程度最甚，其反映了男女在社會上的不平等。此外，這亦是首次探討薪資差距問題與自殺行為的研究。

關鍵字

自殺率 ； 自殺行為 ； 薪資差距 ； 失業率 ； 離婚率

並列摘要

This study combines sociological and economic variables to examine the suicide rates in Taiwan from 1976-2003. Global trade causes worse wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers, and whether it leads to the suicide rates increase is what this article mostly identified. Indeed the result is consistent with the assumption：the bigger the wage gap, the higher the suicide rates. A 1% increase in wage gap is associated with a 0.75% increase in total suicide rates. The effects of wage gap on suicide on the females seem to be stronger than the males. Contrary to prior studies, suicide is not sensitive to age and it can be explained by The National Health Insurance probably. A combination of sociological and economic factors is feasible to account for suicide is shown again. This article also uncovered some gender differences of suicide such as unemployment, divorce and wage inequality, which possibly caused by gender roles. Lastly, this is the first research about the impact of wage inequality on suicide.

並列關鍵字

suicide ； wage inequality ； wage gap ； unemployment ； divorce

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