Is Virginia for lovers? Geographic variation in adult attachment orientation

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Customer-Based Discrimination and Sexual Orientation: Evidence from Geographic Variation in Occupational Sorting

Discrimination against minorities in the work place is a complex phenomenon that has several labor market effects as well as a rich variety of causes. One such cause of discriminatory practices against minority workers is customer-based discrimination. This occurs when prejudice leads individuals to prefer commercial interactions with certain groups of workers over others. Under customer-based ...

Geographic Variation in Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster, an ancestrally African species, has recently spread throughout the world, associated with human activity. The species has served as the focus of many studies investigating local adaptation relating to latitudinal variation in non-African populations, especially those from the United States and Australia. These studies have documented the existence of shared, genetically...

Geographic Variation in Internet Connectivity

This paper presents a measure of Internet “connectivity” (number of connected companies per capita) normalized by the economic “size ” of areas in the United States. We use cross sectional variation in connectivity to test some hypotheses about technology adoption. We find that areas in the South and Midwest have below average connectivity. Connectivity is also related to the living “attractive...

Geographic variation in Medicare services.

n engl j med 368;16 nejm.org april 18, 2013 1465 and other health care providers. In particular, the committee was asked whether Medicare should modify payments to adjust for the value of services delivered in a region by using a value index. Such an index would account for both the health benefit obtained from delivered services and their cost. Payment rates would then be raised in areas where...