This paper tests whether economic inequality is related to suicide mortality. Using an unbalanced panel of 40 countries … for the period 1947-2001 allows us to control for the effect of unobserved factors that may have an impact on suicide … rates. Our results indicate that there is a statistically insignificant positive effect of inequality on the incidence of …

We investigate whether changes in economic inequality affect mortality in rich countries. To answer this question we … use a new source of data on income inequality: tax data on the share of pretax income going to the richest 10 percent of …, the UK, and the US between 1903 and 2003. Although this measure is not a good proxy for inequality within the bottom half …

firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent …

Limited evidence regarding the effects of individual income and health on suicide was presented. We investigated how … of suicide. Poor health is strongly related to a high risk of suicide. The effects of income are strongly revealed for … males. Mental disability exerts a stronger effect on female suicide, whereas other types of disability have more powerful …

global suicide rates. In applying the sequential panel selection method (SPSM) to three generations of unit root testing …

firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the buyback led to a drop in the firearm suicide rates of almost 80 per cent …

countries, I find that there is a strong and significant relationship between top income shares and broader inequality measures … measures of inequality over periods when alternative income distribution measures are of low quality, or unavailable …

. It was possible to determine a significant spatial autocorrelation. Therefore one have to consider these spatial … effects ; production of health ; efficiency measurement ; heterogeneity ; spatial effects ; spatial autocorrelation …

elasticity declines over time after 1981. It is invariant to controlling for income inequality but diminished upon controlling …