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st: RE: Couldn't Create Lag Variable in STATA


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: Couldn't Create Lag Variable in STATA
Date   Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:47:22 -0000

I can't reproduce this problem. 

In any case, these look like panel data. Check 
out -tsset- and the L. operator for lag variables. 
That's usually better than using [_n-1]. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

[email protected]
 
> I have a dataset I couldn't create lag variable. The details 
> are as follows:
> 
> It is a variable for each state and each year. So what I did was:
> 
> sort state year
> gen V1=V[_n-1]
> 
> However, what I got in STATA is
> weights not allowed 
> r(101);
> 
> Anyone have any idea what is going on? How can I create a lag 
> variable in this case?

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