--- Ojakaa David <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to solve two simultaneous equations using the bivariate
> normal distribution. The first equation is for fertility intentions.
> The second is for contraceptive method choice, and includes fertility
> intentions as a right hand endogenous variable. This is my syntax:
>
> xi: biprobit (i.Int = i.v0013 i.Faith i.Heduc i.Weduc i.v0101 i.land
> Educopps assets Lchild i.water i.sanitation i.fpmessage i.cbd
> i.hosp15 i.hcentre15 i.disp15 i.matnhome15 i.clinic15) (i.cuse =
> i.v0013 i.Faith i.Heduc i.Weduc i.v0101 i.husb i.Int i.fpmessage
> i.cbd i.hosp i.hcentre i.disp i.matnhome i.clinic) [pweight=wv005]
>
> How do I make exclusionary restrictions i.e. include land, Educopps
> in the Intentions equation, equate them to zero in the second
> equation (cuse)?
The easiest way to do that is to just literally exclude them, i.e. do
not name them in the cuse equation.
Hope this helps,
Maarten
PS. using all capital letters is considered by some as the e-mail
equivalent of shouting and is not recommended.
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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