Figure 1.
Effect on suicide rates of the interaction between minimum wage and unemployment. Minimum wage levels are expressed in US$2015. estimates are for all 50 US states and Washington, DC models include the difference between state and federal minimum wage in US$2015, state and year fixed effects, state unemployment rate and the interaction between the minimum wage and unemployment. Modelled unemployment rates run from the 5th to 95th percentile for state-months (3.0%–9.4%).