Publisher's Synopsis
Lester and Yang's study of economy in the determination of suidical behaviour is as much an incitement to further research as a report on what we know.;Most of the suicide/economy research has been done by psychologists and the authors argue it is the input of economists that is now needed. One discrepancy produced by current research is that between regional studies and time-series studies. Moreover, studies that seem to hold for one nation do not translate to another. American suicide rates are affected over time by unemployment, but the same is not true in Australia.;This book aims to reconcile some of the discrepancies.
