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Re: st: drop panel observations


From   Scott Merryman <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: drop panel observations
Date   Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:02:02 -0500

Given that the smallest group size is 1 though all panels have at
least 4 observations, I would suspect you have non-consecutive
observations and you are using lags.

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Scott

Note: that should have been -bysort panelvar:  keep if _N>=4-


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Christian Bustamante <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi and thanks for answer.
> Only one doubt: after dropping the observations and running xtregar,
> the results says
>
> Obs per group: min =         1
> avg =       4.6
> max =         9
>
> Why obs per group are 1? It shouldn't be 5?
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Scott Merryman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> bysort panelvar:  keep if _N>4
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Christian Bustamante <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm runing a regression model with a unbalanced panel. I want to drop
>>> observations of individuals that doesn't have at least observations
>>> for 4 years. How can I do that?
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