Relative Deprivation and Suicide Risk in South Korea
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- Pak, Tae-Young & Choung, Youngjoo, 2020. "Relative deprivation and suicide risk in South Korea," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
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Keywords
Income inequality; Social comparison; Yitzhaki index; Suicidal ideation; Suicide planning; South Korea;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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