Determinants of youth suicide: the Easterlin-Holinger cohort hypothesis re-examined

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The,  April, 1998  by Donald G. Freeman

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Donald G. Freeman, Ph.D., is visiting assistant professor of economies at Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275. Telephone: 214/768-2339, Fax: 214/768-1821, e-mail: Freeman@mail.SMU.EDU. The author is grateful to Jon Hafford and David Yerger for comments on an earlier draft, and to an anonymous referee for suggestions that greatly improved the presentation.

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