st: generating synthetic data with a negatively skewed distribution?

[Gwinyai Masukume <parturitions@gmail.com>]

Dear Stata list,

I'm using version 12.1.

I'd like to generate synthetic data with a ? negatively skewed
distribution.

gen x =3D int(1964+(1999-1964)*runiform())

I would for example like a peak of events at say 1983, with more events
between 1983 and 1999 (with fewer events between 1964 and 1983).

I suspect that drawing from a beta distribution may work?

Thanks for your consideration.

Kind regards,
Gwinyai
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