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L Merkle

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Savings, remittances, and return migration.

"We use a data set of immigrants to West Germany to simultaneously study both savings and remittances which we relate to individual characteristics, economic variables, migration experiences and remigration plans. Section 2 discusses the basic hypotheses and explains the data. Section 3 presents the empirical study and Section 4 summarizes." The results suggest that "savings and remittances of migrants can be well explained by remigration plans and economic as well as demographic variables. However, the planned future duration of residence in Germany has a negative and significant effect only on remittances."

Demography↗

The demographics of labour turnover: a comparison of ordinal probit and censored count data models.

The authors use date collected in 1977 on unemployed residents of West Germany aged 15-54 years old to compare two statistical models used to analyze labor market mobility. "Two classes of statistical models seem appropriate for this type of analysis, the ordinal probit model assuming a latent continuous variable behind the observables, and the count data approach with prominent members as the Poisson and the negative binomial model.... The first point of interest is to explore whether both approaches lead to similar findings.... We outline some approaches...that enable a...researcher to judge the quality of the estimated model....[Then] we compare the performance of the ordinal probit and count data models. Section 2 presents data and hypotheses. Section 3 discusses the econometric methodology. Section 4 contains the empirical results and the model comparisons." (SUMMARY IN FRE)

Developed Countries↗

Sertraline-associated syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone: case report and review of the literature.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have gained widespread use in the treatment of depression. A 78-year-old woman became hyponatremic 3 days after being treated with sertraline and was subsequently diagnosed with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). She became symptomatic, but experienced rapid resolution of the laboratory and clinical abnormalities associated with SIADH on discontinuing sertraline and receiving fluid restriction, hypertonic saline, and demeclocycline. Several mechanisms may relate SIADH and vasopressin release to serotonin.

1-Naphthylamine↗