st: Query about finding predicted change in probability after logit for changing two variables

[Urmi Bhattacharya <ub3@indiana.edu>]

Dear Statalisters,

I am running a logit with multiple factor variables as well as
continuous variables.

I am interested in finding the estimated predicted change in the
probability with changing two dummy variables along with the standard
errors and the p values. This was done by  Thomas DeLeire (The wage
and Employment effects of The Americans with disabilities act),
Journal Of Human Resources, 2001.

I am explaining it using an example.

sysuse auto, clear
drop if rep78==.
tab rep78
/***generating dummies for  category of rep78****/
generate cqual_low=1
replace cqual_low=0 if  rep78 >2

generate cqual_medium=1
replace cqual_medium=0 if  (rep78 == 1) | (rep78 == 2)| (rep78 == 5)


generate cqual_high=1
replace cqual_high=0 if (rep78 == 1) | (rep78 == 2)| (rep78 == 3)| (rep78 == 4)



/***generating dummies for high turn and low turn*/
generate turn_low=1
replace turn_low=0 if turn >35

generate turn_high=0
replace turn_high=1 if turn >35


/******i run the logit****/
logit foreign i.cqual_high i.cqual_medium i.turn_high headroom mpg trunk

/*******now i want to find what is the predicted change in the
probability of foreign for those cars with cqual_high=1 with
turn_high=1 from those with cqual_medium=1 and turn_low=1 */

generate xb1= _b[_cons ] +_b[1.cqual_high ] +_b[1.turn_high
]+_b[headroom ]*headroom +_b[mpg]*mpg +_b[trunk]*trunk


generate xb2= _b[_cons ] +_b[1.cqual_medium] +_b[headroom ]*headroom
+_b[mpg]*mpg +_b[trunk]*trunk

predictnl pred_change = (1+exp((-1)*xb1))^-1 - (1+exp((-1)*xb2))^-1


Doing this I get the predicted change for each observation. However,
the paper just presents one estimate and the standard error for  the
predicted changes in probabilities.

1.Does this imply that I have to consider the predicted changes at
means of other variables? In that case, how do I get that with the
standard errors and p values?

2.Or does this mean, I have to ignore all other variables while
calculating the predicted probabilities? This however makes little
sense to me.

3. Do I take an average of the predicted changes  and then find the
standard errors and p values of it.

Going through the paper, I could not figure out which of the above
three was used.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best

Urmi Bhattacharya
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