I want to thank the authors of -movestay-. It is an important contribution,
and it will help me a lot.
I think there might be an issue with varlist abbreviations though.
Sometimes, abbreviating a varlist with an * causes the error message
"initial values not feasible".
It does not happen with the dataset the authors use for their example, so I
posted my own (admittedly contrived) dataset.
E.g.
. use http://www.econ.yale.edu/~rc255/data/for_question_movestay.dta
. movestay income age, select(group race_2 race_3) // this works as intended
. movestay income age, select(group race_*)
The first instruction works as expected;
the second one does not (albeit in this dataset race_* corresponds to race_2
race_3)
Separately, I would like to ask to the authors and/or the experts on
Statalist whether they have suggestions about modifying -movestay- for the
case in which the dependent variable in the regime equation ("income" in the
example here above) is recorded in intervals (e.g. $0-$10,000 ,...) .
Best Regards,
Renzo Comolli
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