Dark contrasts: The paradox of high rates of suicide in happy places

► We show that adjusted suicide rates tend to be highest in happy places. ► We use data on a random sample of more than one million individuals across the US states. ► We replicate our key result on country-level data for Europe. ► The explanation for this empirical paradox is currently unknown. ► I...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization 2011-12, Vol.80 (3), p.435-442
Hauptverfasser:	Daly, Mary C., Oswald, Andrew J., Wilson, Daniel, Wu, Stephen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American people Americas Death rate Economic theory Happiness Individual differences Life satisfaction Paradoxes Random sampling Relative comparisons Risk factors Sample surveys Studies Suicide Suicides & suicide attempts U.S.A Well-being
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