This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment-its propagation mechanism and socioeconomic costs. It identifies a … mechanism and the existing pecuniary and nonpecuniary costs of unemployment suggests a fundamental shift in the policy responses … effects of unemployment. The paper discusses several preventative features of the program. …

A country's economic productivity is directly related to the health of its workforce. Thus, how a nation allocates … resources to the physical health of its population is of vital importance in establishing the economic well-being of its … citizens.This volume contains nine original and innovative articles that investigate the relationship between a nation's health …

a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth …We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with …