the inflation rate, the deviation in real GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the deviation in money supply, the deviation in … deviation in real GDP, the deviation in money supply, and the deviation in the money velocity. The corresponding sum of squares …

We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth … relatively strict employment protection regulations have a positive influence on suicide mortality. These findings indicate that …

economic mechanism behind these findings, we build an equilibrium search model of health, crime, and the labor market. We … perform public policy experiments in the model and study their impacts on crime and the labor market. We find that by …Health has a significant impact on labor market outcomes, and thus on criminal decisions. We document that health …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered …

The value of risks to life as measured by the risk-money trade-off plays a fundamental role in economic analyses of … health and safety risks and serves as the principal benefit measure for government risk regulation policies. The hedonic … on health status. The VSL varies with age, income, the cause of death (e.g., cancer), and other factors. This chapter …

These notes review two simple heterogeneous agent models in economics and finance. The first is a cobweb model with … rational versus naive agents introduced in Brock and Hommes (1997). The second is an asset pricing model with fundamentalists …

informational restrictions, an agent-based model is introduced to analyze the evolution of decisions over time. The results of the …