. help tsset
and look at linked sections in the help and the
manual.
You won't be able to do anything useful with
xt data until you learn this material.
Nick
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
gmc107@york.ac.uk
> Does anyone know how can I create lags when I am using a long
> format xt
> dataset eg:
> Id year var1 var2 ......
> 12 1
> 12 2
> 12 3
> 12 4
> 13 1
> 13 2
> 13 3
> 13 4
> If I use the command generate xlag= x[_n-1] then this will
> only create one
> missing value at the first observation for the individual
> with the personal
> identification mumber 12 and none for the rest- hence -this mixes up
> different individuals' observations.
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