Economic modelling of suicide under income uncertainty: For Better understanding of middle-aged suicide

Australian Economic Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-310

  Suzuki, Tomoya ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 65249119385     PISSN: 0004900X     EISSN: 14678454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8454.2008.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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