Unemployment rates vary widely at the sub-regional level. We seek to explain why such variation occurs, using data for 174 districts in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France for 1990-91. A set of explanatory variables is derived from theory and the voluminous literature.

Son preference is strong in Vietnam, according to attitudinal surveys and studies of contraceptive prevalence and birth hazards. These techniques assume a single model is valid for all families, but it is more plausible that son preference is found for some, but not all, families. Heterogeneous...

1. On the Application of AIC to Bivariate Density Estimation, Nonparametric Regression and Discrimination -- 2. On the Interface Between Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis, and Multidimensional Scaling -- 3. An Expert Model Selection Approach to Determine the “Best” Pattern...