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inexplicably happy or unhappy. If behavioral variables in these countries, such as suicide and fertility rates, are better … accordance with their reported levels of happiness, more so than their predicted levels, with regard to suicide and fertility …
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by the incidence and duration of unemployment) and the incidence of suicide. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical … utility model with savings and consumption is used, while time series micro-level suicide data and probit analysis is used to … unemployment the propensity to commit suicide rises among men for numerable reasons. The authors hypothesize that there is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131053
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of aggregate suicides in 15 OECD countries during 1960-2010 using an economic model where changes in the welfare of consumers play the critical role for determining the number of suicides. Design/methodology/approach The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807437
inexplicably happy or unhappy. If behavioral variables in these countries, such as suicide and fertility rates, are better … accordance with their reported levels of happiness, more so than their predicted levels, with regard to suicide and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805458
by the incidence and duration of unemployment) and the incidence of suicide. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical … utility model with savings and consumption is used, while time series micro‐level suicide data and probit analysis is used to … unemployment the propensity to commit suicide rises among men for numerable reasons. The authors hypothesize that there is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805671
This paper analyses the economic determinants of suicide. More specifically, we test the hypothesis that suicide is … related to shocks or news concerning income growth. Testing is based on an error correction model of suicide in which the long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014806336
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to attest whether generalized trust variable is the best proxy for social capital in explaining the latter’s effect on economic growth in a panel setting. Via a specially formulated theoretical framework, the authors also test whether the growth-effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807854