Re: st: using subgroup regression coefficients in further regressions

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

That code won't work at all. Apart from some fantasy syntax, the
second time around the loop the -generate- would fail as the variable
already exists.

But as you want residuals, you can get them directly:

gen res = .
sum subgroupvar, meanonly

qui forvalues i = `r(min)'/`r(max)' {
        reg y x1 x2 if subgroupvar==`i'
        predict work, residual
        replace res = work if subgroupvar==`i'
        drop work
}

Note, if only as a style point, that putting returned results into
scalars, and then scalars into locals, is in this case two more steps
than needed.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Peter Hofmann <maxl@sunrise.ch> wrote:

> Currently I use one regression for each subgroup of my control sample
> and save the subgroup-betas.
> Now I want to use the respective betas for a regression on the
> treatment observations that correspond to the respective subgroup (to
> extract the residuals from these regressions with the treatment
> values).
>
> Currently I use:
> . sum subgroupvar
> . scalar min1=r(min)
> . local j=min1
> . scalar max1=r(max)
> . local k=max1
> . forvalues i=`j'(1)`k' {
> . reg y x1 x2 if subgroupvar==`i'
> . mat bhat = e(b)
> . svmat bhat, names(bhat_`i'_)
> . }
>
> But now I do not know how to proceed:
> I want to use the respective subgroup betas in a regression on the
> treatment observations (treatments are indicated by a dummy).
>
> I supposed it should look similar to:
> . forvalues i=`j'(1)`k' {
> . g yhat = `bhat_*_1' * var1 + `bhat_*_2' * var2    if subgroupvar==`i'
> . }
> But that results in:
> . + invalid name
> . r(198);
>
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