It seems that the user-written dfl command has a problem when using micro-unit data without weighting, because its estimates of densities integrate to more than one. This situation produces densities that need to be corrected before a proper empirical analysis can be carried out. In this...

In this presentation, I will discuss Stata’s capability to implement the entire SVAR methodology with nonstationary series. In the presence of cointegration, the structuralization of a VAR model takes place at two distinct stages: the first is the identification of the long-run equilibrium...

In this presentation, I will investigate the determinants of property tax collection in Mexico. The tax is paid by all owners of land and dwellings in Mexico for the right of holding their properties, and is collected and managed by municipal authorities at the local level. This type of tax has...

Surveys such as the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH, or the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure) offer many opportunities for the design, estimation, and testing of applied models in social science. The ENIGH is also a valuable source of case studies...

Following the General Law of Social Development, the National Council of Evaluation of Social Development Policy (the acronym for its name in Spanish is CONEVAL) has the responsibility to establish the criteria to define, identify, and measure poverty in Mexico. To develop this assignment,...

In this presentation, I cover how to use the new factor variables features in Stata 11. Stata’s new factor variables notation allows you to identify categorical covariates as factor variables, provides a convenient notation for specifying indicator variables without having to generate them,...

In this presentation we define two qualitatitive response models: 1) Selection Endogenous Dummy Ordered Probit model (SED-OP); 2) a Selection Endogenous Dummy Dynamic Selection Ordered Probit model (SED- DOP). The SED-OP model is a three-equation model constituted of an endogenous dummy...

This short talk describes the module -dsginideco- which decomposes the change in income inequality between two time periods into two components, one representing the progressivity (pro-poorness) of income growth, and the other representing reranking. Inequality is measured using the generalized...

I have researched the economics of interactions on Statalist, based on the full population of exchanges from 1st of January to 30th of April 2009. Both the "demand side" - the questions asked on the list - and the "supply side" - the answers provided - are examined. Along the way, I have paid...