Inequality and Suicide Mortality: A Cross-Country Study
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Inequality; suicide; panel data; autocorrelation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2007-03-03 (Health Economics)
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