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The Impact of Hormonal Contraception on Teen Suicide

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I use direct data on hormonal contraceptive sales across markets proximate to the pill's introduction in Sweden to study how the diffusion of hormonal contraception is associated with changes in suicide among teenage girls. I do not find evidence of a large positive association between the spread of hormonal contraception and teen suicide. Although recent epidemiological studies suggest large effects on suicide associated with hormonal contraceptive use, effects that are most pronounced among teenagers, the data and natural experiment design I employ reject such large positive effects as being inconsistent with the data.

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  • Kelly Ragan, 2024. "The Impact of Hormonal Contraception on Teen Suicide," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 369-374, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:114:y:2024:p:369-74
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241121
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    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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