Income inequality, unemployment and suicide: A panel data analysis of 15 European countries

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-451

  Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY RISK; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15044354849     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000295304     Document Type: Article

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