National Chengchi University
University of Tokyo
Department of Economics, Yale University
抄録
In this article, we review economic theories and empirical studies on the socioeconomic aspects of suicide. Through our survey, we would like to emphasize the importance of studying suicide by employing a "rational" approach that complements the medical perspective on suicide, which assumes suicide to be the result of "irrational" behavior arising from mental illnesses such as depression and other psychiatric disorders. We first introduce major economic theories of suicide, followed by a summary of a variety of empirical studies from the socioeconomic perspective. We then discuss the recent developments in economic studies on suicide, on the basis of the authors'ongoing project on suicide. In the concluding section, we point out some issues for further studies.
内容記述
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雑誌名
Discussion paper series. CIRJE-F
巻
CIRJE-F-629
発行年
2009-07
書誌レコードID
AA11450569
フォーマット
application/pdf
日本十進分類法
335
出版者
日本経済国際共同センター
出版者別名
Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy
Socio-Economic Studies on Suicide : A Survey
