Labor markets and mental wellbeing: Labor market conditions and suicides in the United States (1979-2004)

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-186

  Mohseni Cheraghlou, Amin ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects; Labor markets; Mental wellbeing; Panel data; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879544776     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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