Not quite.
bysort indiv (year) : gen byte index = _n != 1
The sorting by individuals doesn't guarantee
year order within panels.
Nick
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Scott Merryman
bysort indiv: gen byte index =_n != 1
Carl Nelson
> I am trying to create an index for each individual in an
> unbalanced panel. The index should take the value 0 for the
> first time series observation for the individual and 1 for
> all other values.
>
> My problem is that I can't find the right syntax to replace
> the index with 0 if this is the first time series
> observation. How do I refer to the smallest observation in a
> conditional statement?
>
> gen s = 1
> bysort indiv: rep s = 0 if year == smallest(year)?
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