References on Suicide and Economic Factors

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Becker, Gary and Richard Posner, "Suicide: An Economic Approach", Online Working Paper, August 2004.

Blakely, T.A., and S.C. Collings, J. Atkinson, "Unemployment and suicide: Evidence for a causal association", Journal of Epidemiological Community Health, 57, pp. 594-600, 2003.

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Chuang, Huei-Lin, and Wei-Chiao Huang, "Suicide and Unemployment: Is there a Connection? An Empirical Analysis of Suicide Rates in Taiwan" National Tsing Hua University Department of Economics Working Paper 0217E May 2003.

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Daly, Mary and Dan Wilson, "Keeping up with the Jones and Staying ahead of the Smiths: Evidence from Suicide Data", Working Paper, 2006-12, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, April 2006.

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Wolfers, Justin, "Is Business Cycle Volatility Costly? Evidence from Surveys of Subjective Wellbeing", Working Paper 9619, NBER April 2003.

Yang, Bijou and David Lester, "Suicide, Homicide, and Unemployment", Applied Economic Letters, Vol. 2(8) pp. 278-79, 1995

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