RE: st: -gmm- Heckman problem

[shetty sandeep <getsane@hotmail.com>]

Hello Nick,

I am sorry about not using the initial capitals for proper nouns. I will keep that in mind.

The $mills in the previous email is a typo only in the email and not in the code. In the code it is $mil - this I define. I am pasting the full code again.
When I run the code (pasted below) I get some errors. I describe them below.

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*Main code
global xb "{b1}*tage+{b2}*sqage+{b3}*child_less_18+{b4}*marry+{b5}*faminc+{b6}*efnp+{b7}*metro+{b8}*race+{b9}*firmsize+{b0}"
global phi "normalden($xb)"
global  Phi "normal($xb)"
global mil "$phi/$Phi"                                                           // calculating the Inverse Mills ratio
global a1 "($phi/($Phi*(1-$Phi)))*(trad-$Phi)"                    // derivative of the selection likelihood. Here trad is the dummy for observed log(wage)

//eq 2
global xb2 "{beta1}*tage+{beta2}*sqage+{beta3}*marry+{beta4}*metro+{beta5}*race+{beta6}*firmsize+{beta0}"  // wage equation


//First gmm command
gmm (eq1:$a1)(eq2:lnwage-$xb2-{gamma}*($phi/$Phi)), ///
instruments(eq1: tage sqage child_less_18 marry faminc efnp metro race firmsize) ///
instruments(eq2: tage sqage marry metro race firmsize $mil) winitial(identity)
------------------------

When I run the above gmm command where instruments for the second equation includes $mil, I get the following error

normalden({b1}*tage+{b2}*sqage+{b3}*rfoklt18+{b4}*marry+{b5}*faminc+{b6}*efnp+{b7}*metro+{b8}*r
> ace+{b9}*firmsize+{b0})/normal
numlist in operator invalid

I have checked the other parts of the code and this error is mainly to do with the $mil as an instrument in the gmm command.

Secondly,
When I run the gmm code replacing $mil with $phi and $Phi as instruments as below

gmm (eq1:$a1)(eq2:lnwage-$xb2-{gamma}*($phi/$Phi)), ///
instruments(eq1: tage sqage rfoklt18 marry faminc efnp metro race firmsize) ///
instruments(eq2: tage sqage marry metro race firmsize $phi $Phi) winitial(identity)

I get the following error as "{ Invalid name"

I would like to know why is this the case and how should I specify the Inverse Mills ratio ($mil) as an instrument in the -gmm- command? 

Thank you for any help.

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> From: njcoxstata@gmail.com
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: -gmm- heckman problem
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:02:20 +0100
>
> According to this, you define $mil, but don't use it, and try to use
> $mills, but don't define it. Otherwise put, what you are showing us
> appears to be incomplete at best, or even incorrect. Even if that's
> typos as far as you are concerned, nevertheless it's hard to figure
> out what you expect us to figure out if you don't show us code that
> should be expected to work.
>
> Pedantry corner: Heckman is a
> major figure, and Mills was a minor figure; either way their names get
> initial capitals.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On 18 Sep 2012, at 20:42, shetty sandeep <getsane@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I am trying to estimate a heckman wage model using gmm. But I am
>> facing a problem with the stata -gmm- command. I consistently get an
>> error as "{ invalid name". The inverse mills ratio in the second
>> stage moment condition seems to be the problem. My code is pasted
>> below. It is likely that I may have some conceptual issues with gmm
>> heckman. Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~code~~~~~~~~~~
>> global xb "{b1}*tage+{b2}*sqage+{b3}*child18+{b4}*marry+{b5}*faminc+
>> {b6}*famsize+{b7}*metro+{b8}*race+{b9}*firmsize+{b0}" //>0
>> global phi "normalden($xb)" //>0
>> global Phi "normal($xb)" //>0
>> global mil "$phi/$Phi" //>0
>> global a1 "($phi/($Phi*(1-$Phi)))*(trad-$Phi)" // derivative of the
>> selection likelihood
>> //eq 2
>> global xb2 "{beta1=0.02}*tage+{beta2=-0.0004}*sqage+{beta3=-0.007}
>> *marry+{beta4}*metro+{beta5}*race+{beta6=1}*firmsize+{beta0=1}" //
>> wage equation
>> gmm (eq1: $a1)(eq2: lwr1-$xb2-{gamma}*($phi/$Phi)), ///
>> instruments(eq1: tage sqage child18 marry faminc famsize metro race
>> firmsize) ///
>> instruments(eq2: tage sqage marry metro race firmsize $phi $Phi)
>> winitial(identity)
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> I have also tried using $mills as an instrument in which case I get
>> an error as "numlist in operator invalid". I figured out that the
>> division operator "/ " in instruments option of gmm is reserved for
>> lags.
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